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Make America Great Again (MAGA) was Ronald Reagan’s slogan before it was made “great” again by Donald Trump. The US president-elect now wants to take a leaf out of Harry Truman’s book. In 1947, the postwar Democrat gave his name to the Truman doctrine – a commitment to supporting democracies…

In December, Trump floated the idea of purchasing Greenland from Denmark, calling the acquisition an ‘absolute necessity’ for American ‘security’ and ‘freedom’

House GOP introduces bill to authorize Trump to negotiate purchase of Greenland from Denmark, emphasizing national security and economic interests.

Incoming US president and oligarch ally are wreaking diplomatic havoc among Washington’s beholden allies

A top Greenland lawmaker criticized Donald Trump Jr.'s recent visit as a "staged" attempt to portray local support for U.S. annexation.

The president-elect’s hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

I realize many of the things that Trump says have no chance of becoming reality. But it is foolish to… The post Some Legal Questions About Greenland, Puerto Rico, and Alberta appeared first on Reason.com.

Plus: the death toll from the California fires is expected to rise, and Russia responds to Trump’s plans for Greenland.

Sen. Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stressed Greenland’s strategic location in the Arctic and its natural wealth of critical minerals.