THE DIPLOMACY OF SELF: President Trump relieved financial markets yesterday telling the World Economic Forum in Davos that he will not use military force to take Greenland away from Denmark. “We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive …

THE CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENT: Asked at a nearly two-hour press conference yesterday how far he would be willing to go to acquire Greenland for the US, President Trump replied tersely, “You’ll find out.”   He also said he has not closed out the …

A BITE OF DANISH: It’s been said that all politics are personal and none are more personal than the politics of Donald Trump.   The President sent a missive to Norway’s prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre that because he did not win the …

THE GREENLAND GAMBIT: President Trump over the weekend announced that he will levy tariffs on the European countries opposing a US takeover of Greenland, using US taxes to bend them to his will. In response, ambassadors from the 27-nation European Union held …

CIVIL BEHAVIOR: A federal judge in Minnesota placed restrictions on how Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents deal with protesters as the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation inquiring whether Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have conspired to impede immigration …

CIVIL BEHAVIOR: President Trump yesterday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to quell growing protests in Minneapolis following two shootings carried out by immigration officers in that city.   Trump said in a social media post that “If the corrupt …

THE GREENLAND GAMBIT: Denmark, Greenland, and the United States have a “fundamental disagreement” over the future of the island territory of Denmark, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the Danish foreign minister, said after a meeting with top Trump administration officials.   President Trump has …

ON PRINCIPLE: Six veteran prosecutors in Minneapolis resigned rather than follow orders from the Justice Department to investigate the politics of the widow of Renee Good, the woman shot dead by an ICE officer last week.    The most senior to resign …

ICE, ICE, BABY:  Federal investigators on the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis are looking into her possible connections to activist groups in addition to the circumstances of the shooting, The NY Times reports.  Good was taking part that day in …

NO RESERVE: The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lied to Congress about the hugely expensive renovations of his agency’s buildings.   Powell is high on Trump’s enemies list after ignoring the President’s demands …