Casey Michel
Dictators are a cowardly and superstitious lot. | Head of Combating Kleptocracy Program at Human Rights Foundation | Author of AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY and FOREIGN AGENTS | Posts in personal capacity
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- After the past few weeks, one thing is clear: The U.S. under Trump is now Canada's greatest national security threat. My write-up in @foreignpolicy.com on the rupture, and on how Trump is returning the U.S. to its traditional position as a threat against Ottawa. foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/03/u...
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- Trump's first-term recognition of Moroccan claims to Western Sahara is one of this things that should have gotten more attention, especially as precedent for countries suddenly having their claims on other territory recognized overnight. trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential...
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- Reposted by Casey MichelA senior Emirati government official, who is indistinguishable from the Emirati government itself, lined Trump's pockets with a $187 million "investment" up front, and then the Trump administration gave the UAE rare access to tightly guarded American AI chips. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
- One of the models the Trump admin has floated for seizing Greenland: Texas. My latest for @houstonchronicle.com on how the White House is making a mockery of the Texas Revolution, and how this "Texas model" is a complete whitewash of American imperialism. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
- It's still incredible to see Trump emissaries (ie Steve Witkoff) think Russia's invasion can be "solved" if they just give Moscow the Donbas. Good time to look back at what this war is truly about: destroying Ukrainian sovereignty, restoring Russian "greatness," and recolonizing much of the world.
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- Completely unclear from this Jeff Landry op-ed what the Trump administration is trying to gain in Greenland (besides annexation) that it doesn't have already. The whole thing reads like an exercise in spin and mis-direction. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
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- A Stephen Miller resignation would also be phenomenal news in thwarting American imperialism in North America (and elsewhere).
- This is a great essay, but one stat that's incredible: two-thirds of Indians "have an unfavourable or very unfavourable view of China." www.ft.com/content/5657...
- The US becoming the key national security threat to Canada really is a return to form. Hell, this was the case for the majority of American history, through the eve of WWI. Trump's tapping into a deep, deep vein of American history, which is totally overlooked in the US.
- Is there any research on how federal debt can motivate imperial expansion and pillaging? I.e., is there a point where America begins looking to imperial expansion and ransacking neighboring nations (like Canada) to pay off a rising federal debt?
- Good time to read up on how the last time the U.S. snatched territory in North America, it led directly to Canadian confederation and the failure to grab any Canadian lands. www.thebulwark.com/p/our-civil-...
- There's no putting the genie back in the bottle. This is just breathing room for Canada to start acting on all the implications of the US under Trump now becoming its biggest national security threat.
- It's a good reminder for Europeans that, as Iceland is in the Western Hemisphere, Trump's not going to stop at Greenland. Azores, French Guiana, British Virgin Islands, Iceland—anything and everything European in the Western Hemisphere is a potential target for Trump.
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- Reposted by Casey MichelIn January 2025 Silicon Valley's elite lined up behind Trump as he was sworn in for a second term. They've enjoyed a lucrative year since, underscoring Washington's alignment with Big Tech – and its transactional nature. An #FTEdit animated 🧵 on how tech titans have become even richer under Trump 👇
- There was no off-ramp for Putin in Ukraine. There is no off-ramp for Trump in Greenland. It's like deja vu all over again, watching people fail to realize yet again that imperialism is back.
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[Not loaded yet] - This is just more imperialist drivel. Extremely telling that the administration doesn't even bother to claim that this is what Greenlanders want. Pure colonial rot, all the way down.
- Good time to start reading up on the Filipino war for independence during US colonialism, and the decades-long insurgency from Puerto Ricans after American colonization began.
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- Fantastic to see this language from Europeans. (Should have also come a year ago, RE Trump's threats to Greenland.) Best time to stop imperialists is today, and the next-best time to stop them is tomorrow. Trump will not stop with Greenland.
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- It's time to start thinking about which countries will recognize the American "annexation" of Greenland. —American allies? Hungary, presumably, and maybe Turkey (or maybe not). —Other expansionist/revanchist powers? Russia and Israel, probably. Maybe Serbia? And China? —Other statelets—Somaliland?
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- If "might is right" is now American policy, this is how you get a global scramble for nukes. Kazakhstan, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Ukraine—if the modern security order is dead, the only guarantee of sovereignty in the face of imperialism is nuclear weapons.
