Trump’s Greenland Logic Spells Trouble for Europe and NATO (1)

Donald Trump’s rationale for decapitating Venezuela’s government is fueling concerns among European officials that they could soon face an existential dilemma over Greenland.

The US president over the weekend explained his decision to detain Venezuela’s leader and have the US run the country as a modern revival of the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine — the “Donroe Doctrine,” as he dubbed it. The principle essentially claims a US right to lead the entire Western Hemisphere, and to control any critical assets within it.

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