Stephen Miller's Colonial Wishlist: Greenland or Venezuela? Why Not Both?
Stephen Miller, in a fiery CNN appearance, championed former President Trump's notion of the US 'taking over' Greenland and defended a past mercenary raid aimed at overthrowing Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. The Independent highlighted this as 'escalating threats,' but fails to connect these comments to a long-standing U.S. foreign policy playbook. This isn't just Trump-era bluster; it's a casual
articulation of a colonial mindset that views sovereign nations as strategic assets or inconvenient obstacles, particularly when they sit on valuable resources or resist U.S. hegemony. While Tapper pushed back, the interview allowed Miller to frame these aggressions as necessary for 'the future of the free world'—a phrase consistently invoked as justification for interventions, coups, and
occupations from Latin America to the Middle East. One might wonder, how many times must we hear 'national security' invoked before recognizing thinly veiled resource grabs and regime change operations? Perhaps CNN could host a panel on international law someday, or maybe just check the historical record stretching back to the Monroe Doctrine, rather than just fanning the flames of thinly
disguised imperial ambitions.