“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.” – President-elect Donald Trump
For those of you scoring at home, go ahead and mark “January 7th” for the day that the United States entered into it’s official Evil Empire phase.
President Elect Donald Trump’s press conference today was a whopper – which you know is saying a lot, because he’s a McDonald’s man. Here’s some screen grabs:
This global expansion, by any means necessary, is unlike anything seen from a sitting United States President since … Teddy Roosevelt? To what end, you ask? Money – of course. More directly, Trump is looking at controlling all the shipping lanes – and the flow of global commerce.
Canada and Greenland, and to a lesser extant the Panama Canal, have been on Trump’s mind for some time now. Take a look at this map:
Since the artic is a hotbed of Russian and Chinese shipping, the land held by Canada and Greenland suddenly becomes “Ice Station Zero” in Trump’s plan.
The alternate shipping routes, from East to West? If you’re unwilling to go around South America, then you certainly want to use the Panama Canal. So… we know Trump wants total control of the Western Hemisphere’s shipping lanes, to combat Russia & China.
Couldn’t he accomplish this with deal-making? Isn’t that his thing?
At least …uh. Well, once going to end on a positive note but, there’s always tomorrow.
