Comment by flumpcakes

> Personally, I think it would be great if various foreign countries reacted to the Trump tariffs by repealing laws compelling them to defend various intellectual property claims that primarily but not exclusively benefit large American companies.

This would have been the best move. (Un)fortunately diplomacy takes a soft approach. The current US administration take advantage of that. You don't even have to be consistent with your stances to get respect from the US in the current climate, you just have to be impolite and take a hard stance.

The US taking Greenland militarily would be the rubicon for international relations. No one really cares about the US taking out a dictator, even if it was not done to the apparent international standards (i.e. UN resolutions, etc.). I have a feeling the long standing people working in the US Gov know this. I am starting to think it won't matter though and the US really does have a mad king now.

Where is congress in all of this? "Checks and balances"? How has the Supreme Court freely given the executive ultimate and final power for all things?