Trump talks up taking Greenland — and suddenly impeachment language is being used before anything has even happened. Right, so Donald Trump has started talking again about the United States taking Greenland, and he’s doing it without threatening war. No troops, no orders, no plan — just the idea, put back on the table. The immediate cost is this: the thing people normally rely on to stop presidents doesn’t activate. There’s no war powers vote. No court case. No switch Congress can flip to make it stop. And that’s the problem. Because once force is ruled out, the system everyone assumes will step in doesn’t actually have a way to intervene. So instead of law, you’re left with hope. Hope that he drops it. Hope that it blows over. Hope that nothing follows from saying it out loud. And once you’re relying on hope instead of rules, the confidence peop ...