"For Trump, it's the Donroe doctrine, or the western hemisphere is mine for whatever profit I and my elite group of loyal courtiers can wring from it. At the same time, Trump's honesty about his intention to use the astonishing military power he wields for unfettered plunder is at least refreshing. No more American pieties to democracy and human rights. The world hasn't seen this kind of unabashed dedication to amassing wealth since the British East India Company. All hail the new king emperor!"
"As an American of mixed Danish and Indian heritage, who is also a citizen of France and, therefore, of the EU, Donald Trump's contempt for the rule of law fills me with dread. I don't need international law, he boasted on 7 January in an interview with the New York Times. For Louis XIV, it was L'etat, c'est moi. For Trump, it's the Donroe doctrine,"
I am an American of mixed Danish and Indian heritage who also holds French and EU citizenship. Donald Trump's contempt for the rule of law and his 7 January boast that he does not need international law provoke dread. He treats U.S. power as proprietary, likening it to absolutist and mercantile empires that plunder for profit. Trump signals willingness to wield overwhelming military force for unfettered plunder and to abandon American pieties toward democracy and human rights. I am horrified by ICE violence, anguished by U.S. turns against allies like Denmark and Greenland, and affected by deep familial ties in India and Denmark.
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