It took Donald Trump five years behind the Resolute Desk to reach an epiphany that could rock the world. As hubris mounts at the White House, Trump told the New York Times in an interview published Thursday there was only “one thing” to limit his global power. More than ever before in his five total years in the White House, he’s acting on that belief. But Trump’s Venezuela gamble is more audacious than that. The White House had previously said Greenland was important to Trump for national security reasons.

Source: International New York Times January 09, 2026 06:32 UTC