Trump’s latest demonstration of immorality |
The breathtaking arrogance of Donald Trump and his henchmen (and women), Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, has shocked us anew.
Breaking all rules of international law — let alone their own constitution, NATO and the U.N. Charter — the U.S. swooped into the hiding place of Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro in the dead of night, caused 40 casualties, kidnapped the president and his wife, Cilia Flores, spirited them out of the country to New York state, and charged them with narco-trafficking and other crimes.
Might makes right, the crudest and lowest of ideas to guide behaviour, is shown in this latest demonstration of immorality in U.S. actions. Committed by a Trumpian regime that Charlie Angus calls “gangster,” it has been followed up by threats to annex Greenland, whose 57,000 souls go about farming and fishing, and have allowed the U.S. to have a base there.
Could Canada........