Nutshell Summary

An unstable world requires steady leadership. Instead, the U.S. offers up Donald Trump.

That in a nutshell is what’s up globally, as the world teeters from a number of destabilizing developments in Iran, Greenland, Venezuela and beyond.

It would be inaccurate to blame Trump for everything going haywire in foreign affairs, but this much is true.

His hand is far from steady.

HEADLINES:

• Is the Iranian Regime About to Collapse? (Atlantic)

• ‘Massacre’ feared as Iran tries to crush protests; U.S. weighs military options (WP)

• Iran warns against potential US involvement as protesters defy crackdown (CNN)

• U.S. Launches Major Strikes on Islamic State Targets in Syria (NYT)

• Denmark Is Sick of Being Bullied by Trump (New Yorker)

• ‘Fateful moment’ for Denmark amid Trump threats to take over Greenland (Guardian)

• Trump says US will do something on Greenland ‘whether they like it or not’ (ABC)

• Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’ (BBC)

• Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell (NYT)

• Anti-ICE, anti-war protests in Berkeley (Berkeleyside)

• America Watches One Shooting and Comes to Two Different Conclusions (WSJ)

• ICE Minneapolis shooting: Noem to deploy hundreds more federal agents to city (CNBC)

• Nationwide anti-ICE protests call for accountability after Renee Good’s death (NPR)

• Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good’s killing (AP)

• Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science (NYT)

• Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text as it swaps his portrait (WP)

• “Mar-a-Lago face” hits its expiration date (Salon)

• Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78 (BBC)

• The Last Days of the Southern Drawl (Atlantic)

• Lamar wants to have children with his girlfriend. The problem? She’s entirely AI (Guardian)

• Ref Under Uprights Sheepishly Waits To Do ‘Good’ Sign Until Other Ref Does It First (Onion)