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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s erratic behavior on the world stage — threatening to seize Greenland from Denmark, making rambling speeches and attacking key NATO allies at Davos — was just business as usual, a prominent moderate Republican insisted.

“Eleven years of this, have people not figured it out?” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) told Raw Story at the Capitol.

The U.S. will benefit “if the end result is that he gets greater access, increased military presence” in Greenland, Lawler said, bemoaning the media’s “pandemonium” coverage of a head-spinning week....

An analyst Friday predicted that it's likely White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and Attorney General Pam Bondi will spend time behind bars.

In an opinion piece for Salon, White House columnist Brian Karem described how the Trump administration has viewed President Donald Trump falling "further into delusion" and what could happen next following his "Mean Don" remarks at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, and "word-salad monologue" at the White House press briefing room to mark his first year since his second inauguration. The change from Trump in his first administration to Trump 2.0 is noticeably different — and the people backing him could ultimately be the people he turns against.

"That Trump was more cogent and could read a room a lot better than the current version, leading one to wonder if he’s just fronting for the worst instincts of people who work for him who have far darker visions of America than even he does," Karem wrote. "Yes, I’m talking about Stephen Miller. He’s practically the deputy president right now, and every action taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is apparently organized, orchestrated and implemented by him. I wouldn’t be surprised if Miller was in charge of the president’s vitamin E injections."...

President Donald Trump on Thursday made a big announcement about an upcoming global event and who he picked to help lead it.

He posted the following on his Truth Social platform: "Today, I am announcing the United States’ intention to bid for the World Expo 2035. The Great State of Florida has expressed strong interest in hosting the Expo in Miami, which I fully support. Miami Expo 2035 can be the next big milestone in our new Golden Age of America."

Trump shared the news just a day after meeting with world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and having major pushback to his demands to seize Greenland and invoke tariffs on European allies in retaliation to their objections — then announcing he had sought a new deal over the Arctic nation. ...

The internet mocked President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he backed down on his demands to seize Greenland.

Trump reversed his plot to seize the Arctic island country and Danish territory — after major pushback from NATO allies, world leaders and a plummeting stock market — claiming that a deal was in the works following his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

People were ready to criticize the president's comments and major shift away from owning the country in comments online, calling Trump "TACO" — an acronym for Trump Always Chickens Out. ...

Reactions were rolling in Wednesday after President Donald Trump appeared to change direction on his demands for the United States to own Greenland.

Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on European nations on Feb. 1 and told reporters after his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that a deal was apparently in the works with NATO, appearing to waffle on whether it would include ownership of the Arctic island and Danish territory.

CNN's Kristen Holmes described the reactions among the Trump administration and how the reality of Trump's attacks on European leaders had shifted developments around the Greenland talks. ...

President Donald Trump made a major shift in direction in his first remarks on Wednesday after demanding a deal to own Greenland.

Trump appeared to change his mind about military action to acquire the Arctic Island and Danish territory, and his comments were a notable change in development over the situation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Trump said that a deal was in the works and expected "to be put out pretty soon," he told reporters. ...