MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
No I think that would give too much importance to a domestic issue that will be drowned out by other events within days or weeks anyway.
I think this must be viewed through the lens of international relations. The vast majority of Americans have no idea what these organizations do.
I think the US administration purposefully timed its action in Venezuela to ring in its new power-based paradigm of international relations. This here is just the logical second step, making sure that the departure from rules based international relations is perceived by other countries as a credible change in doctrine as opposed to short-term maneuvering. There is a term for this in game theory, but I forgot. Essentially you make a high cost move that restricts your own future decision space. This projects resolve as it makes it difficult to impossible to reverse course in the future due to the high sunk costs.
IMO this is the international politics version of “taking the bandages of”. It’s essentially the preamble to an international (military) intimidation campaign that will follow over the next weeks and months.
Seeing this, I think the likelihood that the US will try to coerce Denmark into giving up Greenland with military force is close to certain.
Amongst the sheer number of initiatives and councils being pulled out of, concerningly many of them relate to the enforcement of international law, and to human rights in general.
If the US was planning on violating international law (again) anytime soon, this would certainly be a good indicator for it.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Donny J make good on his threats. Question is how will that play out when both parties have nukes and might be willing to use them.
But when has the US ever cared about what other countries think? Sure, they’ll pay lip service, and might even change their actions if it doesn’t interfere with their plans, but it’s never let it stop them from doing something they feel is important.
I see Stephen Miller’s fascist fingers here, egging on Donnie’s tough guy, “we don’t need you telling us what to do” impulses.
No I think that would give too much importance to a domestic issue that will be drowned out by other events within days or weeks anyway.
I think this must be viewed through the lens of international relations. The vast majority of Americans have no idea what these organizations do.
I think the US administration purposefully timed its action in Venezuela to ring in its new power-based paradigm of international relations. This here is just the logical second step, making sure that the departure from rules based international relations is perceived by other countries as a credible change in doctrine as opposed to short-term maneuvering. There is a term for this in game theory, but I forgot. Essentially you make a high cost move that restricts your own future decision space. This projects resolve as it makes it difficult to impossible to reverse course in the future due to the high sunk costs.
IMO this is the international politics version of “taking the bandages of”. It’s essentially the preamble to an international (military) intimidation campaign that will follow over the next weeks and months.
Seeing this, I think the likelihood that the US will try to coerce Denmark into giving up Greenland with military force is close to certain.
Yeah. I think this is the likely answer.
Amongst the sheer number of initiatives and councils being pulled out of, concerningly many of them relate to the enforcement of international law, and to human rights in general.
If the US was planning on violating international law (again) anytime soon, this would certainly be a good indicator for it.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Donny J make good on his threats. Question is how will that play out when both parties have nukes and might be willing to use them.
But when has the US ever cared about what other countries think? Sure, they’ll pay lip service, and might even change their actions if it doesn’t interfere with their plans, but it’s never let it stop them from doing something they feel is important.
I see Stephen Miller’s fascist fingers here, egging on Donnie’s tough guy, “we don’t need you telling us what to do” impulses.
We are “lucky”, that the Trump admin about their imperialistic goals. To quote them directly, they want to exert control over “their” hemisphere.