The Magioso Don has aimed his avaricious glance and his braggadocious lies at Greenland. Since "national security" is mostly ruse, establishing American bases is insufficient to satisfy his greed. Why does he insist on owning Greenland?
a) Canada's Arctic Islands and Canada's Northwest Passage offer oil, minerals (gold,
diamonds, zinc, copper, lead, nickel, iron ore, and REEs), and a sea route (control is contested, but held by Canada).
b) Oil (exploration for which the Greenland government banned 2021-6-24).
c) Minerals (mostly still beneath ice).
d) Thwarting China and Russia (neither of which has made a move towards occupation).
e) Dissolution of NATO. In
2023, Congress passed legislation (Section 1250A of the NDAA) prohibiting the
president from withdrawing the U.S. from NATO without a two-thirds Senate
majority or an act of Congress. Occupation of a NATO-protected nation would dissolve NATO and abrogate the USA's committment to military assistance of former allies.
Conversely, the militaries of other NATO nations would be arraigned against> the US.
Across 24 countries, a median of 34% of adults have a lot or some confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump to do the right thing regarding world affairs. Around six-in-ten (62%) have little or no confidence in Trump.
Trump’s highest ratings come from Nigeria (79% confidence), Israel (69%), Kenya (64%), Hungary (53%) and India (52%).
Trump’s lowest ratings come from Mexico (8% confidence), Sweden (15%), Turkey (16%), Germany (18%), and Spain (19%).
In 17 countries, confidence in Trump is higher among men than women.
Trump is seen more positively among those on the ideological right and among supporters of European right-wing populist parties.
Majorities in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Turkey have no confidence at all in Trump.
On November 28, 2025, President Donald Trump announced on social media that he intended to issue a "full and complete pardon" to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández. President Trump formally granted the pardon on December 1, 2025, and Hernández was released from prison on the same day, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Hernández had been sentenced to 45 years in prison in June 2024 after a U.S. federal jury convicted him of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and related firearms offenses. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Hernández and his co-conspirators trafficked more than 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine through Honduras between 2004 and 2022. In his pardon announcement, President Trump asserted that Hernández had been treated "unfairly."
Some Members of Congress have questioned and criticized the Hernández pardon. Resolutions condemning the pardon have been introduced in both houses (H.Res. 929 and S.Res. 530). In addition to considering those measures, Congress could use its oversight authority to examine the Administration's justification for the pardon and the potential implications for U.S. security interests and relations with Honduras, among other issues.