M Donald Trump really has to be grateful. Switzerland for example. It wouldn’t exist in its current form if it weren’t for America. Or Venezuela. That used to be a beautiful countrythen the government there was very bad, and now the USA gives Venezuela half of Venezuela’s oil. Without the US military – this also had to be said once (by Trump) – the world would be confronted with unimaginable threats. In short, that too in Trump’s own words in Davos: “The United States keeps the world going.” And the United States, as we all know, is Donald Trump. Washington, D.C., by the way, only has neatly trimmed lawns because the US President called in the National Guard to, well, create order.
Or just Greenland. No other nation is able to protect this strategically important island. Already in the Second World War, the USA (at least historically correct) defended Greenland when the Germans invaded Denmark. Without the USA and its commitment, Trump explained to the global elite in Davos, everyone in the room would speak German or Japanese today. And now this has to happen “big, beautiful piece of ice cream” be defended again, against Russia and China of course. For that he, Trump, has to get Greenland. But he doesn’t want to use excessive strength or violence. And now he’s even waiving tariffs and taking over the entire thing. Isn’t that worth thanking?
To be honest: no. Anyone who interprets this as a concession from Trump and even – once again and once again too much – as a success of the negotiating strategy still hasn’t got it. What for Europe and Canada is a question of international law, loyalty to alliances and a regulated world order, turns out to be a test of strength for Trump. If there is no complete takeover of Greenland – now there is talk of territorial pockets, US territory on Greenland – then it would not be due to the unbearably submissive flattery of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The credible resistance of the European NATO states and certainly also the reaction of the stock markets made the US President weigh things up. Someone must have whispered to Trump that a military confrontation with other NATO states might have more explosive power than he would have liked, that it might also cost him approval from his MAGA movement and that a 2 percent dip in the stock market was probably just a warning.
Resistance to Trump has its price. Europe depends militarily and economically on the USA. The German economy suffered noticeably in Trump’s first year as a result of his tariff policy. Further tariffs could strengthen populist forces. But Europe has now spent a year looking at what the alternative looks like. Trump imposes tariffs as it benefits the USA politically and economically. If not in the Greenland conflict, they could soon serve as a means of pressure for the next political desire. And Greenland could still become a bargaining chip for further US aid to Ukraine. But did anyone really want to rely on Trump to help Ukraine if Denmark and Europe gave up the big, beautiful piece of ice? In any case, the future of Greenland, Ukraine and Europe must not depend on this illusion. The path of appeasement has failed.
And isn’t Greenland just part of a puzzle in a much larger plan anyway? It is no coincidence that Trump was also at the World Economic Summit in Davos „Board of Peace“ founded. 60 states were invited to take part in his new organization. Anyone who puts a billion US dollars on the table should even be able to get a permanent seat. The presidency lies with Trump personally, not with the office of the US President. This body of world peace only makes decisions if Trump does not veto them. And he would also personally select a potential successor. What was designed as a body on the future of Palestine – also not legitimate – is now to be developed into a counter-UN.
Anyone who needed further guidance on Trump’s claim to global dominance got it free of charge in Davos. This Trumpian parallel world, which has now materialized, is a modern world domination fantasy of a madman.
But the world of elites is agile. Hopefully someone in Davos noted exactly who jumped up to give thanks and a standing ovation after the US President’s speech.