Since the article last week titled “Trump’s Global Rampage, and the Method to the Madness,” Trump has continued with outrageous gangster threats around the world:
We can no longer afford to allow these imperialists to continue to dominate the world and determine the destiny of humanity. And it is a scientific fact that humanity does not have to live this way.
— Bob Avakian
*The Pentagon ordered an aircraft carrier “strike group” to be deployed from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East to add to U.S. forces there, adding to Trump’s threats against the regime in Iran.
*Trump announced he will stop Venezuela from sending any more oil or aid to Cuba, and threatened: “THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA–ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”
*Trump also doubled down on threats against Greenland. Trump reasserted that the U.S. was going to get Greenland—“We can do it the easy way, or the hard way.” On Wednesday, hours before top officials from Greenland and Denmark met with JD Vance and Marco Rubio in Washington, DC, Trump posted that Greenland should be “in the hands of the UNITED STATES… Anything less than that is unacceptable.” After the meeting, the Danish foreign minister said, “We didn’t manage to change the American position. It’s clear that the president has this wish of conquering over Greenland.”
The next day, France, Germany and several other NATO countries began sending small military units to Greenland, apparently intended to show that they could handle Greenland’s defense. Trump’s press secretary said that the move by the Europeans would not "impact the president's decision-making process, nor does it impact his goal of the acquisition of Greenland at all." In fact, on Friday, Trump announced new 10 percent tariffs, beginning February 1, on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Finland until they agree to talks on the U.S. takeover of Greenland. Those tariffs would increase to 25 percent on June 1 and continue until a deal is struck. This is economic blackmail on the part of the U.S.
On Friday, an 11-member bi-partisan congressional delegation traveled to Copenhagen and held a series of meetings with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland, offering their support amid Trump's threats. Senator Murkowski told NBC News: “The signals are clear, I think you will find that support in Congress to acquire Greenland in any way is not there.”
It is important to note that part of Trump’s approach has been to invoke the possibility of China or Russia seizing Greenland to justify the U.S. seizing it instead. First, this is a bullshit rationale that because some other power might do something bad, then the U.S. must do that same bad thing because “it’s good for America, and we’re the good guys.”1 But even more, this reveals the increasing danger of nuclear war between these contending imperialist powers. Underneath the seeming insanity of it is the logic of imperialism—a madman’s logic, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not serious or extremely dangerous. (See last week's article, “Trump’s Global Rampage, and the Method to the Madness,” for more on this.)
An Excerpt from WE NEED AND WE DEMAND—A WHOLE NEW WAY TO LIVE, A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM
Abolishing Nuclear Weapons, Finally Abolishing War, and Systematically Addressing the Environmental Crisis
The new socialist government will not develop or use nuclear weapons and will take concrete steps and wage determined struggle to abolish nuclear weapons everywhere, with the ultimate goal of finally abolishing wars among human beings, with the abolition of the capitalist-imperialist system, and all systems and relations of exploitation and oppression, which are the basis for wars. This new socialist government will move, quickly, systematically and effectively, to address the already acute and fast accelerating environmental crisis, with the aim of bringing into being a world where humanity can truly be fit caretakers of the earth.
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All this is why there is an urgent need, and we boldly dare to demand—and we call on all those who hate injustice and hunger for a society and a world where people can fully thrive and give the fullest expression to their humanity, to join in making this the demand of millions and tens of millions—a demand which can finally be made a reality through the fearless, determined struggle of those millions and tens of millions:
The Existing Capitalist-Imperialist System And Institutions Of Government In This Country Must Be Abolished And Dismantled—And Replaced By A New, Socialist System Based On The CONSTITUTION FOR THE NEW SOCIALIST REPUBLIC IN NORTH AMERICA.
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(REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNISTS)
