Trump said, "Canada should be the 51st state," he said, "it is necessary," he talked about the artificial nature of the borders. Is this a statement, will he really do these things? In other words, will he really add Canada, Greenland, and other places? Or is it just a statement, if we evaluate it specifically for Canada, Donald Trump's opening a Canada box next to Panama and Greenland, perhaps opening his letter before he even took office, created quite a shocking effect. Of course, we all know that there is a very long border between Canada and the United States. As you know, we are talking about two countries with the longest border on the continent, and historically, there are deep ties between Canada and America. They fought together on the same side of the alliance during World War II. They supported each other a lot, and although French is the second foreign language in Canada, the first native language, the language used, is English. Now, such a historical, cultural and linguistic geography, Donald Trump coming out and saying Canada State in a meeting, as you know in their language, it means province, not state, and while listing our 51st, 52nd, 53rd states, he gave a place to Canada as well, which was quite a shock. It also upset Canadians. Now, the resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau after 9 years and the beginning of serious domestic political turmoil in Canada were also linked to these statements of Donald Trump.
If there is any American invasion, what would we do if Canada were invaded by America? Now, we can also combine this challenge, Donald Trump's statements with the Greenland and Panama claims. Because when we think of Canada and its geography, you know the map, it is right on the edge of the Arctic basin. On the one hand, you know Alaska from the West, it has a neighboring country with Russia via Alaska via the Bering Strait, and the Canadian geography is an important basin in a possible Arctic war or trade struggle or conflict. Now, when we evaluate all of these together, it is very important for Canada to be with the United States in a possible conflict or war environment in the North Pole. So, what kind of message does it have on the other hand? A possible dissolution of Canada against the territorial dominance of Russia and China in this Arctic region and the threat to the borders of the United States with the dissolution of Canada. Now we clearly see that Donald Trump has such a concern.
On the other hand, both NATO and the Arctic Council, of which Canada is a member through the North Atlantic Treaty, are regional formations that America fears will lose its control. As you know, there are also energy resources involved, as you know, Canada meets America's significant amount of oil and natural gas resources and, in my opinion, most importantly, it is one of the most important sources of the water issue, which cannot be replaced and will cause bloody showdowns that cannot be prevented when wars break out in the world. Canada has the largest water basins on the continent and the United States needs to manage water resources beyond its own borders. America also needs to meet its water needs on its own continent. Therefore, we have an America that also has its eyes on the water resources in Canada and is trying to control them. Now, in terms of ensuring common security, ensuring the security of the Arctic Region and policies between China and Russia, against China and Russia, Canada is an important buffer zone and while this buffer zone is being built, Donald Trump is actually revealing the following.
Through Pax Americana, that is, the American Peace, which is what they call Pax Romana, we can perhaps make a reference from there historically. We are fighting a pan struggle. In other words, you know what pan is, unified geographies. Who is laughing at pan politics now? Russia. What does Russia say? It says I will continue to take back what is mine. Ukraine is mine. Crimea is mine. The Black Sea, Turkestan, these are my backyard and front yard. It says I will not leave it to anyone. What does China say? I also have a pan struggle. It says Taiwan, the Pamir Mountains, East Turkestan, Asia. These are also part of my pan politics. What do the Cradle States of America say? I also have a pan policy. It is a pan policy that shows that all of North and South America belongs to me. Now, will there be a war in this pan-fight between Russia, China and America? Will that war benefit these countries? Or can they only do this through low-intensity and medium-intensity trade wars or geopolitical conflict areas? But I think Canada is the most important phase of this.
You may say, will America invade Canada? I don't think such a thing will happen. But we don't know who will be the new Canada or the new Canadian prime minister who will prevent Canadian politics from being shaped by Washington, White House or intelligence or from evolving in a different direction with its own camouflage, but it can open the door to a new era. Because in our memories, Canada is a country of prosperity. Its social conditions are very good. Its education life is very good. We can say that every student wants to study there. But it seems that America is slowly turning Canada into a new front line, just like it made Norway, Sweden and Finland members of NATO, through the Russian threat, and perhaps by amassing its conventional weapons there, and saying, ''I am ready for an Arctic war. I am ready for a war in the North Poles. I will continue to be here no matter who it is, whether it is China or Russia.''
Russia may also say; I wish I hadn't sold Alaska. I wish Alaska was mine. Then of course we would talk about different things. But as I said, Russia also says I am here with both its hard power and soft power in Arctic politics, and we see that the Sino-Russian partnership brought about by the Ukraine war is also reflected and spreading from the Arctic geography to the poles. After all, Canada is a country, an independent country. It has its own security forces. It has its own army. It has a government. It has a general staff. It is not a puppet country. But can Canada's rhetorical challenge to the US's possibility of war be transformed into a challenge on the ground? I am not so sure about that. There could be a negotiation environment like this. In other words, this challenge is actually Donald Trump calling Canada to the table. Trump is actually calling Canada to the table. He is saying, come and let's sit down and talk. I am your big brother and come and sit down and talk with me. Because we are entering a war. This war is a trade war. It could also turn into a hot war one day. But you have to sit down and talk with me. Now, as in the past, I am a neutral country. I am a neutral country. I am a country of prosperity. Here is my prime minister riding a bicycle. We can say that it is slowly leaning towards a Canada that sees reality and needs to act from real politics, from that soft Canada that I joke with people. If America sees risk in the north wing, if it sees a possibility of war, then it does not care about anyone's tears.
So what is the south wing? Latin America. Here, it sent a big message to Latin American countries through Panama and America, as you know, there are Latin American countries in Latin America that have serious trade relations with China. It is especially telling Cuba and other important countries of this geography such as Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile; I am your big brother. No matter what happens, we have to be together in a war. We are really commenting on Donald Trump, maybe right now, but only he knows Donald Trump. In other words, only he knows what Donald Trump will do right now. But my geopolitical reading is the message Donald Trump gave to Canada, namely, the state, I will make you my state. I am interpreting this based on Canada making statements that actually mean it is our land, calling Canada to an emergency meeting immediately, and Canada, as a flank country of America, has the capacity to be an important ammunition depot and an important military buffer zone against a conflict or war that may occur in the north. Its geographical features also reveal this.
Well, I honestly do not understand why he is in such a hurry to make these announcements all of a sudden before even taking office. Now Donald Trump is a tradesman, a merchant, a businessman, and before Donald Trump became president, as you know, from his youth onwards, the environments he has been in, television programs, what we call show time, show business, he turns that business environment into a show and the policy of keeping the showcase rich. Trump loves this, Trump loves to put on a show, in the simplest terms, and he really put on his own show without sitting in the chair. Now he accused the Biden administration of being foolish, stupid, accused America of getting into wars, and remember, he even called Netanyahu an "idiot". They called this an insult. They said, what will Netanyahu respond to? We said, on the one hand he says he will support Israel, on the other hand he insults Netanyahu. What is this? That is the purpose. To distance us from a scenario where we can predict anything. Trump means uncertainty. Trump means a gray area.
So what is Donald Trump trying to convey by giving these messages to other countries and other geographies? I have always stated this. The United States has pressed the button to build an empire that is not visible on the map. Although those in Donald Trump's cabinet today are portraying an image of America that will end wars and the exact opposite, I think America is more Neocon, America is more savage, America is going to act like a war party in the true sense. It will want to do this with its long arms. It will want to do this with its proxy forces. It will want to do this with trade wars, and I see this clearly in the articles written by the old traditional, fierce Neocons I follow, such as Michael Rubin, Graham Fuller, Stephen Cook.
Therefore, the basis of Donald Trump's so much challenge to the Eastern Hemisphere, the Eastern world, the Western world, the North and the South is that he is actually trying to build a world system influenced by America, which we call a pan-struggle under the guise of a "Pax Americana" within such an understanding of empire, but we also need to see that there are also global actors like China, Russia, and even India, which I think we can add to this equation. But after Donald Trump takes office, we will all see how much his words and actions will coincide.
