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The people of Greenland woke up this morning shivering in their shoes. No, the temperature as measured by their thermal instruments hadn’t gone down. In fact, the heat had been turned up. It’s just that if that madman, Donald Trump, had actually invaded Venezuela, who’s to say that Nuuk, the largest city in Greenland, wouldn’t be next.
Or Mexico City. Or Ottawa. Or Bogota. Or…
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The Trump logic (yes, I know that’s an oxymoron) is hard to argue with. Here are two versions:
Version 1:
Premise A: The great countries in history have all been imperialist powers.
Premise B: We want to Make America Great Again.
Conclusion: Therefore we must become an imperial power.
Version 2:
Premise A: Vladimir Putin is able to invade neighboring nations with only the slimmest of justifications and get away with it.
Premise B: Vladimir Putin is a great and successful man, to be admired and emulated.
Conclusion: We can and should invade other countries as we please if we are to be as great as those Russkies.
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We all chuckled when Donald Trump decided to rename the Dept of Defense the Dept of War. It was just another one of his stupid quirks, one of his attempts to Trumpify the language that is spoken in DC. But the man was serious. Or at least Stephen Miller and his evil gang were.
It’s not enough to call out the National Guard to patrol otherwise peaceful Los Angeles or Portland. It wasn’t enough to shoot small boats out of the water, using them for target practice as one would at the local county fair or in a video game. But this is serious stuff. This is a military invasion of a sovereign nation and the kidnapping and capture of its President.
Who needs a clear justification? Who needs Congressional approval? Certainly not us. We are the United States of America. Not afraid of any country that could could possibly fight back.
We are Proud! We are Strong! We are unstoppable! And, damn it, we are to be Feared!
And here we come!
Heil MAGA!!
