Trump’s imperial tantrum

Donald Trump’s latest effort to prehend Greenland shows that the president is consenting to usage US unit to find planetary borders, adjacent astatine the disbursal of sovereignty.

Western allies – NATO countries included –  publically formed a agreed front, but backstage messages person revealed a much deferential attack to dealing with Trump.

This latest situation whitethorn person been averted, but the question remains: Does the alleged rules-based planetary bid use to Trump?

Contributors: 
Louise Bokkenheuser – Writer and editor
Branko Marcetic – Staff writer, Jacobin
Anchal Vohra – Columnist, Foreign Policy
Ulrich Bruckner – Professor for European studies, Stanford University

On our radar:

Donald Trump launched his highly-publicised “Board of Peace” inaugural astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos this week.

The signing ceremonial followed a acquainted signifier for this White House – a cautiously staged lawsuit centred connected Trump, his overblown claims of peacemaking, and speeches successful praise of him. But the turnout appears to person fallen abbreviated of the hype.

A speech with Ellie Leonard

Trump’s Justice Department was ordered to people documents from the Epstein files much than a period ago. Only 1% of the heavy redacted worldly has been made public.

While the Trump medication floods the portion with quality that mainstream outlets person been chasing, an unconventional squad of investigators is digging into the Epstein files to spot what’s there. They are led by online researcher Ellie Leonard successful New York City.

Featuring: 

Ellie Leonard – Contributing editor, Blue Amp Media