GREENLAND, GENGHIS & RETURN OF MIGHT

"We will do something with Greenland-either the nice way or the difficult way.'

- SANTWANA BHATTACHARYA

YOU have to hand it to Donald Trump: he doesn't beat about the bush. No pun intended. There is no ambiguity, no diplomatic lacework, no UN-friendly euphemism. The world and its uncle have been alerted well in advance about the next flashpoint. This time, there will be no late-night 'abduction'. No tinpot to run away with the silver spoon. It will all be done in broad daylight, helpfully. Trump does not appreciate the idea of having China and Russia as neighbours. So he will simply annex Greenland-preferably without bullets. Mr Trump, after all, is antiwar.

Don't forget how, with both Zelenskyy and Putin, he preferred the repertoire of emotional manipulation to 'bombing for peace', like his predecessors. Only scolding, cajoling, threatening to dump, showing red eyes, shaking hands. Gaza was more complicated. But anyone can see all he wants, really, is to wage peace, build a few Trump Towers, and walk into a Levantine beach sunset clutching a Nobel Prize and a Piña Colada. Beijing, Moscow did not sign on to the script. Nor Tehran. Their bad.