Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeDonald Trump has insisted he doesn’t need to abide by international law and the only constraint keeping his power in check is his own morality. “I don’t need international law,” Trump told The New York Times in an interview in the Oval Office. When asked if there were limits to his power, Trump replied: “Yeah, there is one thing. “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security,” Trump told reporters Sunday.

Source: International New York Times January 09, 2026 13:40 UTC