Thursday, January 22, 2026

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:14 – 11:27) An Agreement on Greenland? Greenland is Central to American Interests and Its National Defense, But President Trump Backs Off Threats of Invasion and Tariffs Trump’s Greenland offramp by The Washington Post (The Editorial Board) Part II (11:27 – 18:10) The Annual Gathering of the Global Elite: The World Economic Forum Meets at Davos Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite by JSTOR (Samuel P. Huntington) Part III (18:10 – 23:54) Cosmopolitanism vs. Nationalism: The Secular Cosmopolitanism Gathering at Davos is at Odds with the Religious Nationalism of the U.S.