President-elect Donald Trump’s recent refusal to rule out going to war to annex Greenland and reoccupy the Panama Canal, and his threats to use economic pressure to annex Canada, may be mere trolling. Trump seems to relish saying things that send people scurrying, chattering, and expressing outrage. Trump may also be seeking, as former Congressman Tom Malinowski shrewdly suggested, to distract from the difficulty of fulfilling the promises that got Trump elected, like lowering prices.  Trump’s threats may also be designed to throw Canada, Denmark and Greenland, and Panama off balance as a prelude to some sort of negotiation under pressure, which Trump can then tout as a success for “America First.” The United States is unlikely to start wars against allies and friends. For one thing, Trump would own the consequences, which […]