Trump’s Greenland gambit echoes Nazi-era playbook, sparking alarm

Will Saletan argues that Trump’s Davos pitch to acquire Greenland channels Adolf Hitler’s 1938 Sudetenland appeal, using a security threat and a claim to ‘title and ownership’ to justify aggression, though noting Trump is not Hitler. The piece warns Trump is adopting fascist-style tactics—sidelining Congress, targeting critics, hinting at dictatorship, and stoking anti-immigrant sentiment—raising alarms about democracy and European security. It highlights the Greenland rhetoric as part of a broader pattern of nationalist demagoguery and cautions against normalizing such language.