Why Is This Man Smiling?
Why Is This Man Smiling? Because he may be getting exactly what he wants Dan Rather and Team Steady Jan 19 Credit: Getty Images Somewhere deep inside the Kremlin, Russian leaders must be beside themselves. They can’t believe their luck. Vladimir Putin’s usual scowl has no doubt been replaced by a grin. Donald Trump may accomplish what Russia has been trying to do for decades — destroy NATO. If the United States invades Greenland, NATO as we know it will be finished, Europe will be on edge, and Americans will be living in a much more dangerous world. Perhaps it was fortuitous on the Russians’ part, or perhaps not. Many have speculated that it could have been the plan all along. Putin helped elect Donald Trump in 2016 through election interference, and the two have long had a “special relationship.” Who would have thought a land grab for a sparsely populated, ice-covered island in the Arctic Circle could bring a decades-old Western security alliance to its knees? Thanks to Trump...
