The benefit of NATO for the U.S. during the Cold War was that the Soviets were prevented from "harnessing its vast resources to their war machine" and that was accomplished without West Germany arming itself with nuclear weapons, Trachtenberg said. In 2025, amid renewed threats from Trump to take over Greenland, Reuters reported that Denmark Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said: "We have neglected for many years to make the necessary investments in ships and in aircraft that will help monitor our kingdom, and that is what we are now trying to do something about." A Jan. 13 analysis from the Brookings Institute estimated that net migration — how the number of people immigrating to the U.S. compares with the number moving out of the country — was close to zero or negative in 2025, citing Trump's immigration policies.
Author: Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact, Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact
Published at: 2026-01-21 23:09:13
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