Tom Cotton has carved out a niche in Washington. From his bill slashing legal immigration to his defense of tariffs against China to his calls for attacking Iran and preparing for war with North Korea, the Arkansas senator—who holds two Harvard degrees and won a Bronze Star in Iraq—has become Trumpism’s respectable face.So it’s little surprise that his byline appeared in The New York Times on Monday above an op-ed defending Trump’s latest widely mocked gambit. The op-ed’s title: “We Should Buy Greenland.” Its argument: Make Colonialism Great Again.[Thomas Wright: Trump has defected]By fleshing out Trump’s Greenland scheme at length, …read more
Source: The Atlantic
