America won't disappear, it'll just get more unstable. That's what I'm worried about with all these wars.
That said, America's economic heft (particularly shale and world reserve currency status) is a core part of America's ability to assert influence.
Yes, as I mentioned he said so himself that he wants to annex Greenland even if by military force.
Trump's threats are far more threatening than some pretty reasonable beaurocratic moves, although the threats do put the beaurocratic moves in a really unflattering context (regardless of whether it's related or not, I have no idea on that front, I don't know if the northern command is MAGA).
I guess someone in the Canadian government has been watching too much Fox News if they think LA is particularly dangerous.
Meh, millionaires are fine. Becoming a millionaire is something you can do with good health and hard work.
If it's 10 million I get a bit concerned. If it's 100 million I have a problem. If it's 1 billion then I'd consider them evil incarnate.
Given that geographically it is on the North American continent, shares a land border with Canada, and is in the Arctic I think this decision does make logical sense.
The timing though, and Trump's stated intention, makes this a threat.
If it's Boeing I'm not going.
If it's Boeing, I'm not going.
For me it was the prospect that it may have an impact.
Mildly inconvenience myself to microscopically inconvenience American companies didn't seem worth it.
Japan owns a lot of American debt but most of it is owned by American domestic companies.