The increasingly aggressive approach of the Trump White House to acquiring the world’s biggest island has so offended Greenlanders and Danes that no one in the government or business communities wants anything to do with the United States.
In part, the tax is being sacrificed to national unity. Long a U.S. partner on trade and defense, Canada feels betrayed by Trump and suspects that America is no longer a reliable partner.
These are indeed minor criticisms in a performance that was full of delights and surprises. Holst's notoriously dense and difficult-to-balance orchestration here sounded lucid and detailed.
The autonomy of universities is no longer recognized. ICE agents are now allowed to barge into places of worship. The nation’s boss man fires the management of a cherished cultural institution.
This is the second installment of my Trump Outrage Watch designed to help me (and you) keep track of his violations of the Constitution, laws, norms and ethics perpetrated at a mind-numbing pace.
If we are applying this to our current politics and culture, a finger is pointed at Trump, Musk, and all the other happy warriors of disruption, self-promotion, and cruelty.