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The move was described as precautionary in the event that President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act in response to protests.
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The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland's history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims.
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President Trump's address to European leaders encapsulated his approach to global power and policymaking in his second term, alternating between coercion and humiliation.
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World leaders are gathered in Davos, Switzerland, site of the World Economic Forum — which has turned into an emergency summit over President Trump's threats to take over Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. This comes as Oxfam International has released a report finding economic inequality creates "fertile ground for increased authoritarianism." Amitabh Behar, executive director of Oxfam International, says "the entire multilateral structure seems not just fragile, it's broken."
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The Supreme Court's ruling, which is expected in the coming weeks or months, is one of the most significant tests to date of Trump's push to expand presidential power.
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Days after President Trump urged her to run, Representative Julia Letlow said she would challenge Mr. Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who voted to convict Mr. Trump in his second impeachment trial.
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Tensions are escalating between the United States and Europe after President Trump threatened to impose tariffs on eight European allies that oppose his push to take over Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. Thousands took part in protests in Greenland and Denmark over the weekend to oppose Trump's annexation threats.
Julie Rademacher, chair of Uagut, an organization for Greenlanders in Denmark, tells Democracy Now! that Trump's rhetoric is a threat to everyone. "This is not only Greenland being attacked. This is democracy, freedom and the world order as we know it that's being attacked."
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President Trump's criticism reversed his administration's previous support for the deal, in which Britain relinquished control of the Chagos Islands, site of a joint U.S.-British base.
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