Fascist megalomaniac Donald Trump is a danger to world peace, as he suggested that the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed Gulf of America. Trump continues his obsessive quest to take over Greenland, Panama Canal, and Canada.
Fascist megalomaniac Donald Trump is a danger to world peace, as he suggested that the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed Gulf of America. Trump continues his obsessive quest to take over Greenland, Panama Canal, and Canada.
It all feels like obfuscating, distracting crap. The US took out Noriega because he would have used the Canal as his personal piggy bank and the US navy gets toll-free crossing to this day under the current government. The US got a solid, but fair arrangement.
But if you want to set smoke screens, you should at least pick domestic issues that won't cause the rest of the world to see you as an unhinged buffoon.
I think most politically disengaged people find it dumb, too.
This is all laying the groundwork to present an excuse for his tariffs he can fall back on when they present real pain and, imo, test the boundaries of the extent to which Trump and his goons can shape the politics of trade partners through threats and bluster
An appropriate name might be "Gulf of the Americas". But then again, how many people in the US of A realize "The Americas" consist of all the countries of North America, of Latin America and South America, and of the Caribbean?
Precisely! Our use of "America" to mean only "Estados Unidos" is seen as the ultimate insult – an arrogant combination of colonialist chauvinism and cultural appropriation.
Fascist megalomaniac Donald Trump is a danger to world peace, as he suggested that the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed Gulf of America. Trump continues his obsessive quest to take over Greenland, Panama Canal, and Canada.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/gulf-of-america-trump-renames-gulf-of-mexico.html
It all feels like obfuscating, distracting crap. The US took out Noriega because he would have used the Canal as his personal piggy bank and the US navy gets toll-free crossing to this day under the current government. The US got a solid, but fair arrangement.
So this saber rattling is just smoke screen.
But if you want to set smoke screens, you should at least pick domestic issues that won't cause the rest of the world to see you as an unhinged buffoon.
He’s not POTW he’s POTUS. The saber rattling seems dumb but I dunno, be interesting to hear what less politically engaged people think.
I think most politically disengaged people find it dumb, too.
This is all laying the groundwork to present an excuse for his tariffs he can fall back on when they present real pain and, imo, test the boundaries of the extent to which Trump and his goons can shape the politics of trade partners through threats and bluster
Ahhh yes, Gulf of America.
Except what Trump doesn't realize is that Mexico IS apart of the North American region along with Canada.
An appropriate name might be "Gulf of the Americas". But then again, how many people in the US of A realize "The Americas" consist of all the countries of North America, of Latin America and South America, and of the Caribbean?
Or that when Latin America hears the term "America", they think of what we would think of "the Americas."
Precisely! Our use of "America" to mean only "Estados Unidos" is seen as the ultimate insult – an arrogant combination of colonialist chauvinism and cultural appropriation.
It's showmanship