Al Jazeera Discovers US History of Colonial Expansion... When Trump Is Involved
Al Jazeera is exploring hypothetical 'hard ways' Donald Trump could try to take Greenland in 2026, including paying off locals or a military takeover. This sudden concern for territorial acquisition methods (which, let's be clear, is a ridiculous premise for a serious news article) would be almost amusing if it weren't for Al Jazeera's own network’s extensive reporting on actual 'hard ways' the US
has acquired, destabilized, or dominated territories globally for centuries. (Remember the Monroe Doctrine? The Mexican-American War? Hawaii? Panama?) The media's selective outrage allows for endless speculation on Trump's bombastic hypothetical statements while often sanitizing the brutal realities of past and ongoing US interventions, which rarely involve a polite purchase offer. One might
wonder if the 'hard ways' are only newsworthy when a less sophisticated politician openly muses about them, rather than when they're simply 'business as usual'.