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The loneliness of America’s model ally
Donald Trump has no desire to play global cop. That is tough on Denmark, a loyal sheriff’s deputy.
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The 57,000 people of Greenland mostly favour independence from Denmark but that does not mean they want to become Americans.
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The Economist
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These are bracing times for America’s most feckless allies. President Donald Trump has turned his wrath on free-riders with puny armed forces, who ignored years of requests to do more.
If those laggards feel friendless in a dangerous world, much of the blame is on them. But this is a frightening moment, too, for a smaller group: countries that spent decades trying to be useful to America, their superpower protector.
