Trump Cites Personal Morality Behind His Orders
The statement follows last Saturday's seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by American special forces operatives. Concurrently, Trump and multiple administration officials have intensified rhetoric asserting that Washington will acquire Denmark's autonomous territory of Greenland through undisclosed means.
In a Wednesday interview with The New York Times, the American president clarified his unconstrained approach to executive authority. "My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me."
"I don't need international law," he stated.
When challenged on whether Washington genuinely believes itself exempt from established global standards, Trump appeared to moderately adjust his position. The Republican leader quickly added, however, that "it depends on what your definition of international law is," implying that determining its relevance to American actions rests exclusively within his discretion.
On Thursday, Trump executed a memorandum withdrawing American support from 66 international organizations, agencies, and commissions, encompassing multiple UN entities, "that operate contrary to US national interests, security, economic prosperity, or sovereignty."
During his Times discussion, the president reinforced his demand that Greenland transition to Washington's jurisdiction.
In a Monday broadcast, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy, Stephen Miller, emphasized that Washington's "formal position" is that the "US should have Greenland as part of the overall security apparatus."
That identical day, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen acknowledged she "believed that the US president should be taken seriously when he says he wants Greenland." She cautioned that "if the US were to attack another NATO country militarily, everything would stop – including NATO itself."
Earlier this week, multiple EU leaders alongside the UK released a diplomatically calibrated joint declaration affirming Greenland's constitutional status within the Kingdom of Denmark.
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