What drives the United States’ bold geopolitical ambitions toward Greenland and Canada? It boils down to economic and national security.

The newly inaugurated president held forth on multiple foreign policy issues on Saturday, from Greenland to Canada to the war between Israel and Hamas.

When most Americans think about Canada, which is rarely, they think of snow, lakes, good hunting and how pleasant it is to have a neighbour who doesn’t make trouble. When Canadians think about Americans,