The Wall Street Journal reported on the 21st: "Before departing for Davos, Trump posted a photo in which he was scolding European leaders while looking at a map, with the American flag clearly printed over Greenland, Canada, and Venezuela."
Many of America's allies and partners have reacted strongly, some publicly and many only privately: 'The United States under Trump seems to have gone mad.'
Comment: The photo of Trump scolding European leaders is the ultimate performance of his unilateral hegemony. The American flag boldly covering Greenland, Canada, and Venezuela is not only an open violation of other countries' sovereignty, but also a complete humiliation of the US-EU alliance. Allies directly calling it 'mad' is a collective accusation against the United States for breaking international rules and having no diplomatic boundaries.
Behind this image lies Trump's一贯 (consistent) logic of coercive diplomacy: using unreasonable territorial demands as leverage, humiliating attitudes to force allies to compromise, and openly displaying calculations about trade sanctions against Europe and the struggle for Arctic hegemony in front of the global audience.
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