Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri joins CNN from the World Economic Forum in Davos to unpack the rising tensions within the transatlantic partnership over Greenland.
"It's a psychology need that he has, not a need that is driven by US national interests," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Suzanne Nossel says of US President Trump's aim to take control of Greenland.
"My fear is that this could lead to a very, very escalatory trade war," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri says of rising transatlantic tensions.
"We thought this would be a president who might be neoisolationist, who might be inclined toward restraint," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri says. "That is just not what we're seeing now. "
Council Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Poast reflects on the Trump administration's recent operation in Venezuela and what it reveals about the president's approach to foreign policy.
"The person that is probably benefiting the most right now is Vladimir Putin," Nonresident Senior Fellow Bruce Jentleson says. "'What's yours in mine' is what he said to Ukraine."
"This administration wants to enlist its friends to help secure its dominance in the Western Hemisphere," Leslie Vinjamuri says. "It's also willing to push the boundaries of what we have come to see as normal, expected, legitimate, international behavior in order to secure that dominance."
