Donald Trump is the perfect American president: expansionist and colonialist

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : One social media user drew a connection from Greenland to Gaza:YouTube channel The Serfs pointed out the hypocrisy of conservatives who have long peddled the lie of American security:Journalist Emma Vigeland pointed out the strategic importance of Greenland for the US:The remarks from these commenters demonstrate that Trump is part of a long tradition of American presidents, and indeed Western leaders, who see geopolitics and the poaching of indigenous land and resources, as well as the destruction of indigenous communities, as a manifestation of "security."
45% : Trump isn't anti-war, he isn't isolationist - he's an American president, a nation that is fundamentally expansionist and colonialist.
44% : The BBC used the term "acquire" - Trump may have been able to argue that he wished to buy Greenland, but with this declaration of military intention, it would have to be nothing but an invasion.
43% : What is clear is that Trump appears to want to deploy military strength to invade Greenland and Canada.
40% : French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot said:There is no question of the EU letting other nations in the world, whoever they may be, attack its sovereign borders.
39% : The difference with Trump, however, is that he's brash enough to say his intentions outright.
37% : Trump has explicitly said that military force isn't off the table:When asked if he could assure the world that he wouldn't use military and economic force to invade Greenland, Panama, and Canada he said:I can't assure you - you're talking about Panama and Greenland -
37% : As is typical of Trump, his rambling answers often obscure more than they reveal.
37% : So, why does Trump want Greenland?
35% : On the week of the anniversary of the 2021 attempted coup by Trump supporters, their belligerent leader set forth a number of expansionist plots.
33% : It's plain to see that, as ever, the liberal objections to Trump are objections of respectability rather than policy itself.
27% : The Guardian reported:In an hour-long press conference on Tuesday, Trump refused to rule out using military force to take the Panama canal and Greenland, and also suggested he intended to use "economic force" to make Canada part of the US.
26% : Trump has often been labelled an isolationist who wishes to protect US interests and no more.
20% : In fact, foreign policy specialist James L. Lindsay argued that Trump diverges from "traditional" isolationists with a trenchant concern for American gains:Trump's many complaints about NATO and the U.S.-South Korea alliance, for instance, aren't based on the fear that they entangle the United States in the geopolitical affairs of other countries.
15% : Donald Trump has threatened to invade Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal.

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