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Donald Trump Insisting that he does not need to abide by international law and that the only limit to his power is his own morality.
In a wide-ranging defense of a week of global provocations, us The president laid out the motivations behind his actions.
In the past six days alone, he has Venezuela and captured its president. Nicolás Maduroexpressed his intention to take over many times Greenland and claimed Colombia Probably next on his list.
Trump says: ‘I don’t need international law’ new york times Interviewed in the Oval Office. “I don’t want to hurt people.”
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has successfully tested many of the constitutional and legal limits on his power— Fire independent agency head,attempt Rewriting the Fourteenth Amendment and punish federal judge They insist that immigrants be given due process.
But the president recently decided to proceed Aggressive military action without congressional consent and threaten to occupy allies’ territory Worrying international leaders.
Asked if there were limits to his power, Trump responded: “Yeah, there’s one thing. My own morals. My own mind. That’s the only thing that can stop me.”
The president added that his government does need to comply with international law, but argued that compliance with international law “depends on what your definition of international law is.”
The president also explained how he uses his reputation for unpredictability and readiness to deploy military action, such as bombing Iran, as tools to get other countries to do his bidding.
His comments suggest he believes using U.S. military, economic and political authority to assert dominance over foreign countries may take precedence over following international law or treaties to remain civil with allies and adversaries alike.
Last week, his administration ramped up rhetoric about the U.S. using military force to take over GreenlandDanish territory.
“From a national security standpoint, we need Greenland,” Trump told reporters on Sunday.
White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller later responded to the president’s remarks CNN claims US will use its military ‘unapologetically’ And “no one will engage in a military fight with the United States for Greenland’s future.”
Other government officials, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio downplayed the reality of a military invasion.
The government’s thinly veiled takeover of the island has sparked global concern, especially in Venezuela.
Asked whether U.S. loyalty to NATO outweighed a desire to take over Greenland, the president responded, “That might be an option.”
Explaining why he felt the need to own the island, he told Now: “Because I think that’s the psychology of what it takes to be successful. I think ownership gives you something that you can’t do, you’re talking about a lease or a treaty. Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get by signing a document.”
Trump insists his actions in Venezuela will not encourage Chinese President Xi Jinping or Russian leader Vladimir Putin to take further actions in their respective regions.
He said the situation in Venezuela was different from that in China: “Prisons in Taiwan are not opening and people are not pouring into China.”
Asked whether he thought Xi might take action against Taiwan now, he responded: “He might do it after we get a different president, but I don’t think he would do it with me as president.”