The “spheres of influence” frame doesn’t fit. Trump isn’t carving up the world with rival powers, each staying in their lane.
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Trump's sphere of influence quest is sloppy, self-sabotage

Great powers have historically sought regional sway but the president's Venezuela and Greenland gambits risk anything but ...
Antony Blinken has been warning that if major powers carve the globe into exclusive zones of control, the result will not be ...