Your explicit geopolitical goal is to undermine trust in the United States on the world stage. You want to destroy the Western rules-based order that has preserved peace and security for 80 years, which allowed the US to triumph as an economic superpower and beacon of hope and innovation for the world. Trump’s interest in Greenland is as inexplicable and personal as ever a presidential side quest was. The US already has a military base there—and, in fact, once had far more military bases there and has chosen to wind them down over the years. To put that in context: According to a 2022 survey, about 13 percent of Americans believe in Bigfoot.