Make Imperialism Great Again.
Trump is a bastard. A powerful bastard who has a powerful fascist friend.
This is a longer version in English of my letter which was published in Folkbladet 21 February, in Kristianstadsbladet and Norra Skåne 22 February 2025.
Trump wants to take over Gaza, Greenland, the Panama Canal and annex Canada to exploit the resources therein. Trump’s worldview is consistent with that of the aristocracies that ruled before the Industrial Revolution. They were wealthy because their members had the right to enrich themselves by seizing resources through the use of force.
At the national level, this was carried in the imperialist wars where European countries conquered territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Millons of people died and were enslaved by the imperialists.
However, this ended with the Industrial Revolution and the first great wave of globalization. Since countries realised that they could become rich through innovation and trade, they no longer needed to wage war and subjugate other countries to enrich themselves. But that only applied to democracies. Hitler and Stalin had imperialist ambitions and divided Eastern Europe between themselves.
After the end of World War II, USA wanted to see a democratic, free and prosperous Europe. To this end, USA launched the Marshall Plan restore Europe. USA also participated actively in helping West Germany to create new democratic institutions. And USA made the democratic Europa a safe place with its troops in Nato.
Furthermore, USA which resented its past when it was a British colony, pushed for a decolonization process. Great Britain and other democratic European countries soon abolished their colonies. Even if the pressure from USA helped in this process, they were now well aware of the fact that colonialism is a bad business idea. They would be much better off letting their colonies free. Therefore. Imperialism died in the West. But not in the East.
In the East, Stalin kept parts of Finland, Poland, and the entire Baltic States. Other countries in Eastern Europe were made de facto Soviet colonies. The illegitimate president and child abductor of the fascist dictatorship of Russia, who wants to restore the Russian Empire, is following in Stalin's footsteps. Stalin of course, followed in the footsteps of czars’ that had created the muscovite empire through terror, murder and genocides since the fall of the Golden Horde.
The kremlin's way of viewing other countries as raw materials is now shared by an American president who violates America's anti-imperialist foreign policy. That is why Trump invites the fascists from the kremlin to negotiations over the fate of Ukraine over the heads of the Ukrainians. The fascists in the kremlin want to wipe out Ukraine. The question is what Trump demands in return. Thirty pieces of silver probably won't be enough.