“Disregard for sovereignty benefits other Trump partners like the Kremlin as they try to justify their invasion of Ukraine. The goal is an intertwined network of oligarch-run mafia fiefdoms, with, as Carney noted, no post-WWII international order to constrain it.”
—Sarah Kendzior, A Nation on Thin Ice
#trump #russia #ukraine #denmark #greenland
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“I do worry that the disregard for sovereignty will lead to a threatened invasion of Canada. If Trump does this, he’ll likely press on two weak points: 1) Alberta right-wing separatists 2) French-speaking separatists. My advice for Canada is the same as for the US: stick together! The more you are split apart, the easier it is to take you over.”
—Sarah Kendzior, A Nation on Thin Ice
#trump #usa #canada #alberta #quebec
“The focus on his [Trump’s] health is wishful thinking. It’s easier to believe he is weak and demented than a powerful kleptocrat backed by a well-honed network of fanatics. … People also want to see the MAGA cult end, and I do think it will when Trump is no more. But the organized crime structure will remain until it is gutted out of our institutions.”
—Sarah Kendzior, A Nation on Thin Ice
#trump #maga
“…this isn’t a civil war so much as a federal invasion by a mafia state. Minneapolis…is a role model in how to fight a siege. I hope I am not speaking prematurely, but I’m encouraged by the solidarity the city has shown.”
—Sarah Kendzior, A Nation on Thin Ice
#trump #ice #minneapolis #usa
“I’m encouraged by protest efforts in Minneapolis and elsewhere and mutual aid efforts. I’m also encouraged by the growing denouncement of digital dependence. The long phase of denial that has marked the last ten years is giving way to something new.”
—Sarah Kendzior, A Nation on Thin Ice
#trump #ice #minneapolis #usa