Article 1 of both, the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reads:
1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based upon the principle of mutual benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence.
3. The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having responsibility for the administration of Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of the right of self-determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
Mister Trump was outraged, when the Democrats raised an issue of alleged Russian interference during his first election. Now, he is threatening Canada, Denmark, and Panama with such interference, and more – a war, if his criminal dreams are not accepted by these nations.
Justified exemptions are, of course, possible, when security of a country is threatened by foreign state actors and military aggression. Such was the case in October of 1962, when Soviet missiles and military bases were being installed in Cuba. Another example was breaking a promise and moving NATO bases + rockets eastward, accompanied by provocative NATO military maneuvers along Russia’s borders. These were serious threats to the security of the US and Russia respectively.
Illegal immigrants are not a state actor nor they are a “military threat”. Enforcing proper immigration policies with an efficient policing and border protection should solve this problem and would not require violations of international law. Also, Russia and China are not placing their military bases or manouvres on the mainland US borders. Posing as a “victim” of manufactured and easily solvable threat is a lie invented and utilized to achieve something else, something that needs to be hidden because it is illegal. Trump must have slept too close to Netanyahu.
And what that something else might be? I see five possible components contributing to this policy.
1. The ever growing US national debt that is spiraling out of control and becoming impossible to pay back quickly. According to Jan Jekielek (American Thought Leaders – Epoch Times Canada),
America currently faces an unsustainable, massive debt crisis, with levels exceeding 120% debt-to-GDP. A general consensus among conservatives is that the incoming Trump administration must cut federal spending in order to reduce the national debt and curb inflation. But how would that work?
Former investment banker Carol Roth says it’s going to be a difficult balancing act. “It needs to be done in a way that you have the growth go first. Otherwise, you’re going to end up with less revenue, which means you’re going to actually widen the deficit,”
The growth will go first, if America annexes new and rich in resources territories. This means that Canada cannot become a 51 state, it can only become a colony to be exploited and sold out in order to make America debt free and great again. This, however, may not work as expected. To undo damage done by reckless offshoring of real economy, technology, expertise, and psychological conditioning will require time and deep changes in national education programs.
2. The conflict over energy resouces in the Arctic Circle [ 1 ] , [ 2 ] , [ 3 ] , [ 4 ] , [ 5 ] , [ 6 ]. This conflict became a front page news in 2014, although it was a continuation of US “wars on terrorism”, which in fact was a code name for wars securing control over pipeline corridors and regions with rich reserves of crude oil and natural gas. If you cannot control the petrodollar, you have to control the petro. It’s not about security, it is about economy.
This map explains why Trump wants Greenland and Canada:
More than 70% of the mean undiscovered oil resources is estimated to occur in five provinces: Arctic Alaska, Amerasian Basin, East Greenland Rift Basins, East Barents Basins, and West Greenland–East Canada. It is further estimated that approximately 84% of the undiscovered oil and gas occurs offshore. — Wikipedia
3. Then, there is the issue of water. Fresh water reserves that Canada has in abundance.
4. Is Trump a patriot or a globalist for wanting to take over Greenland, Canada? Gradually merging countries and regions is a strategy intended to achieve one world government. We have seen this in European Union and African Union. We witnessed similar attempts to merge Canada, US, and Maxico in North American Union (NAU). After huge protests and controversiat police provocation in Montebello, Quebec (2007), [ 1 ] , [ 2 ] , the NAU project was paused, then renamed and continued camouflaged. Now, this. Looks like a continuity to me.
5. Diversion and a smoke screen. While media are focusing public and political attention on the war in Ukraine and Trump’s controversial claims regarding Canada, Greenland, and Panama, nobody is talking about the genocide and criminal wars conducted by Israel in the Middle East (Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria). Trump has always been Israel’s supporter and claims to be Netanyahu’s close friend. I don’t live in his head or heart, so I cannot make statements about his intentions. However, his latest revelations, intended or not, were eagerly picked up by some pro-Israeli mainstream media and resulted in a diversion and smoke screen effect effectively cloaking Israel’s ongoing war crimes. This is a fact and not just an opinion or a suspicion. On a Grand Chess scale, it looks like a clever strategy and a deliberate tactic.
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