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The US & Trump Betrayal Trifecta: Threatening Greenland, Forsaking Taiwan, Coercing Canada

January 13, 2026

 “Perhaps most chilling is the adoption of Nazi-era slogans within the Department of Homeland Security. Secretary Kristi Noem has appeared behind podiums bearing the motto: “One of Ours. All of yours.”   These were the words used to justify the Lidice massacre in 1942.” 

 There was a time when the United States imagined itself as a “Shining City on a Hill” -  a republic held upright by institutions, law, and restraint. That image no longer survives contact with reality. What stands in its place is a hollowed monument: power without legitimacy, force without moral authority, and a state untethered from the rules it once enforced on others.

 In a healthy democracy, a sitting president openly discussing the invasion of Denmark -  a NATO ally - would alone be grounds for impeachment.

 From the Arctic to the South Pacific and everywhere else, the post-war security architecture is being dismantled in favour of raw expansionism and abandonment. In the same breath that the administration appoints a "Special Envoy to Greenland" and forces Denmark to reinstate "shoot first" protocols against its own ally, it has effectively left Taiwan to the wolves. When asked about the existential threats Taiwan faces from China, Trump’s response was a chilling abdication of democratic solidarity: “That’s up to him (Xi Jinping) what he’s going to be doing.” By blaming Ukraine for defending itself against Russia, abdicating responsibility for Taiwan, and threatening the territory of Denmark, the White House has signaled to every autocrat on earth that the era of American-backed international law is over.

 To the north, Trump smiles and laughs about the crushing tariffs he has placed on Canadians - economic warfare designed to bankrupt the industries of Canada and force us into becoming the 51st state.

 While the world watches the borders, the internal pillars of the American state are being systematically demolished. The Department of Justice is currently hounding the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with a criminal investigation over headquarters renovation costs - a transparently thin pretext to destroy the bank’s independence and seize political control over the global economy.

 Perhaps most chilling is the adoption of Nazi-era slogans within the Department of Homeland Security. Secretary Kristi Noem has appeared behind podiums bearing the motto: “One of Ours. All of yours.”   These were the words used to justify the Lidice massacre in 1942. When SS General Heydrich was killed, the Nazis retaliated by slaughtering 173 men and sending the women and children of Lidice to Auschwitz. To see this philosophy of collective punishment echoed by the head of the DHS is a flashing red light for the global community.

 National mobilization shouldn't be out of the question. We must prepare for a reality where the "Shining City On A Hill" has transformed into a source of global instability, requiring a total pivot in our defense, economic, and sovereign strategies.

 The United States is, unfortunately, not coming back from this. ICE is now killing, assaulting, arresting, and even deporting its own American-born citizens, including combat veterans who bled for a flag that no longer recognizes them. And the brutality appears to be only accelerating.

 It's over - and I say that with deep sadness, not any sense of glee. When Trump eventually leaves, JD Vance will take over.

I'm inviting all engineers, scientists, artists, medical professionals, businesspeople, and tradespeople who feel unsafe to apply for Canadian citizenship immediately. You will be safe in Canada.

National mobilization should not be ruled out for us; we are no longer living alongside a partner, but rather an unpredictable power that views our sovereignty and that of other nations as an inconvenience.



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