Damian Paletta

You know, all these things kind of click together.

Can the new world order replace an old world order that was much more cooperative and maybe slow moving, but much more of an alliance?

You know, how does it work if the U.S.

isn't a part of that, isn't leading that alliance anymore?

No.

In fact, it's really interesting you ask that because I think there's a view in the White House that they're not exactly sure where Trump wants this to end.

And so one of the frustrations for European leaders is that they don't know who to be negotiating with here.

Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, has made comments in recent weeks that are much more cautious.

You know, we're not going to use the military.

This is something Trump wants to buy, Greenland.

But then when President Trump speaks, it's a much more, you know, maybe we'll use the military.

I'm not going to take anything off the table approach.

And so it's hard for the Europeans to know exactly who to negotiate with.

And that's why President Trump going to Davos here is such a key moment for the whole conversation, because they'll see how serious he is and what his ultimate objectives are.

Excellent question.

We're less than 10 months away from the midterm elections.

And these are really consequential elections that will determine who controls Congress in the final two years of Trump's presidency.

Now, President Trump is a lame duck president.

He's not going to run for reelection.

So his ambitions and goals might not completely overlap with the goals of the Republican Party or even the goals of voters.