Trump is Far Too Timid in His Imperial Aspirations

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

Much is being made of Donald Trump’s threats to use US power — its military, or its mighty import demand and trade deficit — to take over the Panama Canal, the entire country of Canada, and the world’s largest island, Greenland, as well as renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

But why so timid about his imperial designs, particularly as many South American and Caribbean nations will certainly strenuously object to the name change— especially Mexico?