US Diplomacy: Trump's Greenland Bid, Biden's Gaza Bluster
While global headlines correctly derided Donald Trump's outlandish bid to 'buy' Greenland, complete with threats if they didn't comply, the same media often sidesteps far more consequential 'whether they like it or not' policies. When the US vetoes UN Security Council resolutions demanding a ceasefire in Gaza—despite overwhelming international condemnation and over 35,000 deaths—where is the
Newsweek headline blasting Biden's threats to act 'whether they like it or not'? The silence is deafening. This isn't about property. This is about lives. Yet, the same administrations that find it unacceptable to politically strong-arm a sovereign (if small) nation into a real estate deal are perfectly comfortable using their geopolitical might to ensure continued arming of actions widely
described as genocide. One might wonder if the outrage is reserved for when the US isn't directly facilitating the 'whether they like it or not' part of the equation.