The following link is my article published by Jacobin yesterday:
https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trump-latin- america- china-trade
Trump's threat is to take over the Panama Canal and transform Canada into 51st states, and buying Greenland may not be as ridiculous as it looks like. These proposals (although it is difficult to achieve) laid the foundation for the “rational” strategy for China (not so many Russia), and picked out real opponents (instead of Canada and Panama), including Cuba and Venezuela, Bolivia not far away The ground fell behind Bolivia.
The main argument of this article is that the Trump administration's “clever” members, namely new officials and other right -wing elements (for example, Marco Rubio) will eventually determine our foreign policy. However, there is another factor, that is, Trump, who is a right -wing populism, plays in his base. He threatened his troops to Panama and Greenland. That's the development of his base. Invasion of Cuba and Venezuela, or threatened things to do so, they could not flood on his base. In addition, the possibility of trade, transportation costs, etc. from Panama, Denmark and Canada will also play a role in his political advantages. In this case, he will boast how he can practice the “art of transactions”, which will provide him with urgent political capital.
