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EPISODE · Jan 26, 2026 · 26 MIN

Trump Risks It All as He Threatens Alliances

from The Court of History · host Sidney Blumenthal, Sean Wilentz

The Court of History’s Sidney Blumenthal & Sean Wilentz are joined by journalist and author James Fallows to examine why Donald Trump’s Greenland folly would have devastated the Western alliance. Fallows explains how treating Greenland as a geopolitical commodity would have shattered trust among allies and undermined the foundations of NATO and the postwar international order. Books: The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln https://a.co/d/1dLTVjG All the Powers of Earth: https://a.co/d/imrGwQx Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

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The Court of History’s Sidney Blumenthal & Sean Wilentz are joined by journalist and author James Fallows to examine why Donald Trump’s Greenland folly would have devastated the Western alliance. Fallows explains how treating Greenland as a...

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