Trumpism has often been wrongly represented as isolationism. If this tendency exists in part of the American right, it says nothing about the territorial ambitions that the elected president harbors. During a new press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, Tuesday January 7, Donald Trump reiterated the idea of American expansion, which would validate the promise of a “golden age” made to voters. It would concern – in a world of geopolitical fantasies at this stage – the Panama Canal, Canada and Greenland.
It all starts with grievances. America would be the victim of its generosity, of its naivety. The first example would be the Panama Canal. Donald Trump once again spoke at length about the pharaonic construction of this work, which would represent “more than a thousand billion dollars at current prices” (966 billion euros).
-The president-elect cited the number of workers who died of malaria on this site – 38,000 – before denouncing Democrat Jimmy Carter’s decision to transfer control of the canal. “We didn’t give it to China and they misused it”he said, complaining about taxes on American commercial ships and military ships.
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