Are the European leaders playing the long game?

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4. Who's "going along with him"?

Trump spouted some bullshit about having “concepts of an agreement” that grants the US unlimited access to Greenland with no expiration date.

That’s exactly what the current treaty allows right now, and has for decades

I agree that many of the leaders hope they can just wait out the next three years, despite Carney’s speech declaring there is no going back to the way things were.

The leaders who understand that are developing their Plan B for how to move forward, survive and thrive in this new era. Giving Trump space to trumpet his “new deal” just gives them some breathing room to put their economic, trade and defence plans into place, as Carney has been doing in Canada.

I think we will see France, Germany and the Scandinavian nations ramp up their transition effort to the new reality over the next year or two. Hopefully the UK and some of the smaller nations will follow suit, or they will be left behind. Italy will probably have to wait for a change in leadership before taking the required steps to survive in the new era- hopefully not too long.