Might is right

+First Justin Welby, now Justin Trudeau. Who’s next—Justin Time? Neither it seems really wanted to resign, but were forced to go when they discovered no-one had any confidence left in them any more. In the old days they may literally have fallen on their sword or put a pistol to their temple (no pun intended in Welby’s case). Now things are more civilised, although I wonder how the scramble for power by their detractors will play out—in which institution, the Liberal Party of Canada or the Church of England will honour triumph? In both cases it looks like the victor will inherit a poisoned chalice.
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+I wonder if Donald Trump can spell ‘international.’ It seems that anything that involves that word repels him. He will shortly be pulling the US out of the UN climate change framework; he clearly intends to disregard the WTO; and now he is upending NATO. (Some of this one might actually approve of.) But his understanding of NATO seems slight—now that he is not ruling out military action to take over Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark, a NATO country. Were that to happen, might not Denmark invoke Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, which calls for collective action of its members to repel any aggression against one of its members? Or does NATO permit one member to invade another? Of course, when it comes to these matters rules can always be bent and as usual might is right.