Hi there, everybody. It's Fort Glock in New York. Donald Trump today, taking a gathering

of world leaders hostage, subjecting a foreign audience to the same kinds of incoherent ramblings

and threats and falsehoods that he delivers on a regular basis here

at home, revealing to the world a man intent on turning away from the alliances and institutions

and friendships that have kept Americans safe for more than half a century. First, a little

level set for you. This is what American leaders usually sound like at Davos,

an annual gathering of world leaders and government officials and titans of business and media.

After the second war, the leaders were given a second chance.

This time it was clear that what was at stake was not simply the return of prosperity, but

the defense of freedom.

They chose the path of economic and political partnership and set the stage for 50 years

of growth across the globe.

Through six decades and 12 American presidents, the United States and Europe have faced

monumental challenges and have overcome them together. Because transatlantic ties held strong

against the forces of fascism and imperial communism, our nations have been able to thrive in the pursuit of peace.

Are careful, and I mean careful attention to building and sustaining the liberal international

world order with the United States and Europe at its core was the bedrock of the success the

world enjoyed in the second half of the 20th century.

So that was Democrats and Republicans speaking about normal things in a normal way,

again, to this world economic forum. Then came Donald Trump. He did rule out using force to seize Greenland, a territory of a NATO

ally, Denmark, but that cannot be the bar for us as a contrary. Wuling out invading an American

ally cannot be the bar by which the President of the United States is judged in any news cycle,

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