Donald Trump has ordered U.S. special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland
-- but is being resisted by senior military figures.

Sources say that the policy 'hawks' around the US President,
led by political adviser #Stephen #Miller, have been so emboldened by the success of the operation to capture Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro that they want to move quickly to seize the island before Russia or China makes a move.

British diplomats believe that Trump is also motivated by a desire to distract American voters from the performance of the US economy before the mid-term elections later this year,
after which he could lose control of Congress to the Democrats.

According to sources,Trump has asked the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to prepare the invasion plan,
but it is being resisted by the joint chiefs of staff on the grounds that it would be illegal
- and would not be supported by Congress.

One source said: 💥'They have tried to #distract #Trump by talking about less controversial measures,
such as intercepting Russian 'ghost' ships
- a clandestine network of hundreds of vessels operated by Moscow to evade Western sanctions
- 🔥or launching a strike on Iran.'

Diplomats have war-gamed what they describe as an 'escalatory scenario' under which Trump uses force or 'political coercion' to sever Greenland's links to Denmark.

One diplomatic cable describes the 'worst-case' scenario as leading to ⚠️'the destruction of Nato from the inside'.
It adds: 👉'Some European officials suspect this is the #real #aim of the hardline MAGA faction around Trump.

Since Congress would not allow Trump to exit Nato, occupying Greenland could force the Europeans to abandon Nato.
If Trump wants to end Nato, this might be the most convenient way to do it.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15452323/Donald-Trump-orders-army-chiefs-plan-invade-Greenland-President.html

Donald Trump has ordered U.S. special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland
-- but is being resisted by senior military figures.

Sources say that the policy 'hawks' around the US President,
led by political adviser #Stephen #Miller, have been so emboldened by the success of the operation to capture Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro that they want to move quickly to seize the island before Russia or China makes a move.

British diplomats believe that Trump is also motivated by a desire to distract American voters from the performance of the US economy before the mid-term elections later this year,
after which he could lose control of Congress to the Democrats.

According to sources,Trump has asked the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to prepare the invasion plan,
but it is being resisted by the joint chiefs of staff on the grounds that it would be illegal
- and would not be supported by Congress.

One source said: 💥'They have tried to #distract #Trump by talking about less controversial measures,
such as intercepting Russian 'ghost' ships
- a clandestine network of hundreds of vessels operated by Moscow to evade Western sanctions
- 🔥or launching a strike on Iran.'

Diplomats have war-gamed what they describe as an 'escalatory scenario' under which Trump uses force or 'political coercion' to sever Greenland's links to Denmark.

One diplomatic cable describes the 'worst-case' scenario as leading to ⚠️'the destruction of Nato from the inside'.
It adds: 👉'Some European officials suspect this is the #real #aim of the hardline MAGA faction around Trump.

Since Congress would not allow Trump to exit Nato, occupying Greenland could force the Europeans to abandon Nato.
If Trump wants to end Nato, this might be the most convenient way to do it.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15452323/Donald-Trump-orders-army-chiefs-plan-invade-Greenland-President.html

Since #Trump and Stephen #Miller unleashed the dogs of war a year ago, the #TrumpMilitia has murdered over 182 people; 100 fisherman, 80 Venezuelans (billionaire media isn’t talking about that, are they?), and two #ICE murders in broad daylight, in front of witnesses.

That’s not even counting all the deaths in Africa that are being undercounted and underreported. Or all the missing people from #ICE detention centers, internment camps and secret extraditions.

#ICE / #DHS can no longer be regarded as a force that follows the law, protocol or human decency. They are an armed, dangerous, unaccountable, political, violent gang, operating with the full blessing and immunity of the #DOJ.

This is an op. They are shooting for martial law. They will cancel the midterms. They will kill Americans to protect the #EpsteinClass.

They have crossed the rubicon, and we need to prepare appropriately.

“Destruction to them is creation. Dissent is sedition. The world is one-dimensional. The strong versus the weak. Only our nation is great. Other nations, even allies, are dismissed with contempt.”
—Chris Hedges, Grand Illusion
#donaldtrump #trump #stephenmiller #miller

“They threaten. They terrorize. They kill. The art of power politics between nations or individuals is far beyond their tiny imaginations. They lack the intelligence — emotional and intellectual — to cope with the complex, ever-shifting sands of old and new alliances. They cannot see themselves as the world sees them.”
—Chris Hedges, Grand Illusion
#trump #miller #hegseth #rubio #usa

“They threaten. They terrorize. They kill. The art of power politics between nations or individuals is far beyond their tiny imaginations. They lack the intelligence — emotional and intellectual — to cope with the complex, ever-shifting sands of old and new alliances. They cannot see themselves as the world sees them.”
—Chris Hedges, Grand Illusion
#trump #miller #hegseth #rubio #usa

“Destruction to them is creation. Dissent is sedition. The world is one-dimensional. The strong versus the weak. Only our nation is great. Other nations, even allies, are dismissed with contempt.”
—Chris Hedges, Grand Illusion
#donaldtrump #trump #stephenmiller #miller

Since #Trump and Stephen #Miller unleashed the dogs of war a year ago, the #TrumpMilitia has murdered over 182 people; 100 fisherman, 80 Venezuelans (billionaire media isn’t talking about that, are they?), and two #ICE murders in broad daylight, in front of witnesses.

That’s not even counting all the deaths in Africa that are being undercounted and underreported. Or all the missing people from #ICE detention centers, internment camps and secret extraditions.

#ICE / #DHS can no longer be regarded as a force that follows the law, protocol or human decency. They are an armed, dangerous, unaccountable, political, violent gang, operating with the full blessing and immunity of the #DOJ.

This is an op. They are shooting for martial law. They will cancel the midterms. They will kill Americans to protect the #EpsteinClass.

They have crossed the rubicon, and we need to prepare appropriately.

“These photographs … illustrate Miller’s concept of how American “strength” and “force” and “power” end up when they are put to use in the real world.”
—Lucian K. Truscott IV, Is there anyone on earth stupider than Stephen Miller?
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/is-there-anyone-on-earth-stupider
#stephenmiller #miller

“These photographs … illustrate Miller’s concept of how American “strength” and “force” and “power” end up when they are put to use in the real world.”
—Lucian K. Truscott IV, Is there anyone on earth stupider than Stephen Miller?
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/is-there-anyone-on-earth-stupider
#stephenmiller #miller

The Cuba-born Harvard economist behind Trump’s immigration crackdown

#George #Borjas has provided the intellectual underpinnings of the White House’s sweeping immigration policy changes, including restrictions on H-1B visas. #Stephen #Miller has been the public face of the Trump administration’s unprecedented immigration crackdown and deportation campaign,
but a Cuba-born Harvard University economist who prefers a lower profile provided the intellectual underpinnings of Donald Trump’s sweeping policy changes until he left the White House on Friday.
In the 1980s and 1990s, George Borjas pioneered the field of "immigration economics".

In seismic papers, Borjas’s research described the drawbacks of immigration,
-- including his oft-cited,
though much-disputed,
findings that the arrival of lower-skilled immigrants hurts American workers who compete for jobs, especially poor people and African Americans.
More recently, his research has found new attention and urgency in Donald Trump’s second term:
Borjas, 75, worked as a top economist on the "Council of Economic Advisers",
a post he stepped down from last week. Borjas is an immigrant and refugee who escaped Cuba for the United States in 1962 and later obtained citizenship
— a point of tension he has referenced in his writing. “Not only do I have great sympathy for the immigrant’s desire to build a better life,
I am also living proof that immigration policy can benefit some people enormously,”
he wrote in a 2017 opinion piece for the New York Times.

♦️“But I am also an economist, and am very much aware of the many trade-offs involved.
Inevitably, immigration does not improve everyone’s well-being.”
One of Borjas’s direct contributions to the Trump administration this past year was his extensive behind-the-scenes work on Trump’s overhaul of the H-1B visa system for highly skilled workers that added a $100,000 fee.

Borjas had previously written about the “well-documented abuses” of that program over the years.
The White House official said Borjas was among many Trump administration members involved in redesigning the H-1B visa program and confirmed that Borjas provided intellectual support for other Trump immigration initiatives last year

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/07/trump-immigration-policy-george-borjas/

The Cuba-born Harvard economist behind Trump’s immigration crackdown

#George #Borjas has provided the intellectual underpinnings of the White House’s sweeping immigration policy changes, including restrictions on H-1B visas. #Stephen #Miller has been the public face of the Trump administration’s unprecedented immigration crackdown and deportation campaign,
but a Cuba-born Harvard University economist who prefers a lower profile provided the intellectual underpinnings of Donald Trump’s sweeping policy changes until he left the White House on Friday.
In the 1980s and 1990s, George Borjas pioneered the field of "immigration economics".

In seismic papers, Borjas’s research described the drawbacks of immigration,
-- including his oft-cited,
though much-disputed,
findings that the arrival of lower-skilled immigrants hurts American workers who compete for jobs, especially poor people and African Americans.
More recently, his research has found new attention and urgency in Donald Trump’s second term:
Borjas, 75, worked as a top economist on the "Council of Economic Advisers",
a post he stepped down from last week. Borjas is an immigrant and refugee who escaped Cuba for the United States in 1962 and later obtained citizenship
— a point of tension he has referenced in his writing. “Not only do I have great sympathy for the immigrant’s desire to build a better life,
I am also living proof that immigration policy can benefit some people enormously,”
he wrote in a 2017 opinion piece for the New York Times.

♦️“But I am also an economist, and am very much aware of the many trade-offs involved.
Inevitably, immigration does not improve everyone’s well-being.”
One of Borjas’s direct contributions to the Trump administration this past year was his extensive behind-the-scenes work on Trump’s overhaul of the H-1B visa system for highly skilled workers that added a $100,000 fee.

Borjas had previously written about the “well-documented abuses” of that program over the years.
The White House official said Borjas was among many Trump administration members involved in redesigning the H-1B visa program and confirmed that Borjas provided intellectual support for other Trump immigration initiatives last year

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/07/trump-immigration-policy-george-borjas/

“Belligerent” was how one Democratic lawmaker described a diatribe given by top White House adviser #Stephen #Miller on CNN Monday evening regarding the Trump administration’s right to take over Venezuela — or any other country — if doing so is in the supposed interest of the US.
To Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), however, Miller was simply providing viewers with
“a very good definition of #imperialism”
as he described the worldview the administration is operating under as it takes control of Venezuela
and eyes other countries, including Greenland, that it believes it can and should invade.
💥“This is what imperialism is all about,” Sanders told CNN‘s Jake Tapper.
“And I suspect that people all over the world are saying, ‘Wow, we’re going back to where we were 100 years ago, or 50 years ago,
where the big, powerful countries were exploiting poorer countries for their natural resources"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/stephen-miller-cnn

“Belligerent” was how one Democratic lawmaker described a diatribe given by top White House adviser #Stephen #Miller on CNN Monday evening regarding the Trump administration’s right to take over Venezuela — or any other country — if doing so is in the supposed interest of the US.
To Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), however, Miller was simply providing viewers with
“a very good definition of #imperialism”
as he described the worldview the administration is operating under as it takes control of Venezuela
and eyes other countries, including Greenland, that it believes it can and should invade.
💥“This is what imperialism is all about,” Sanders told CNN‘s Jake Tapper.
“And I suspect that people all over the world are saying, ‘Wow, we’re going back to where we were 100 years ago, or 50 years ago,
where the big, powerful countries were exploiting poorer countries for their natural resources"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/stephen-miller-cnn

Stephen #Miller , the deputy White House chief of staff :
"It wouldn’t be #military #action against #Greenland. Greenland has a population of 30,000 people. The real question is by what right does #Denmark assert control over #Greenland? What is the basis of their territorial claim? What is their basis of having #Greenland as a colony of #Denmark?"

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/senior-trump-aide-says-no-country-would-fight-us-over-greenland-s-future/3790832

Stephen #Miller , the deputy White House chief of staff :
"It wouldn’t be #military #action against #Greenland. Greenland has a population of 30,000 people. The real question is by what right does #Denmark assert control over #Greenland? What is the basis of their territorial claim? What is their basis of having #Greenland as a colony of #Denmark?"

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/senior-trump-aide-says-no-country-would-fight-us-over-greenland-s-future/3790832