The US Is Doing the Same Thing in Greenland That It Accuses China of Doing in Africa

The US Is Doing the Same Thing in Greenland That It Accuses China of Doing in Africa

The US’ plan to leverage economic aid to Greenland for strategic ends is exactly the same thing that it accuses China of doing in Africa, suggesting that its infowar against Beijing’s Belt & Road Initiative is driven more by jealousy than anything else since Washington is now emulating its rival’s strategically effective policy. *** Grants…

Why Is Iceland the Focus of Washington’s New Trade Strategy?

Why Is Iceland the Focus of Washington’s New Trade Strategy?

Less than a month after his failed attempt to buy Greenland, Trump is now shifting attention to another Nordic nation—Iceland—but rather than offering to acquire the country, the U.S. administration is considering a sweet deal in free trade. So while the name of the game is tearing apart free trade, a free trade deal with Iceland…

Greenland: Trump’s MAGA Idea!

Greenland: Trump’s MAGA Idea!

To those of us of who learned our U.S. history from texts in the 1940s and ’50s, President Donald Trump’s brainstorm of acquiring Greenland fits into a venerable tradition of American expansionism. The story begins with colonial officer George Washington’s march out toward Fort Duquesne in 1754 and crushing defeat and near death at Fort…