Asserting that only his “morality” guides his decisions, Donald Trump claims a foreign policyIran, passing through Mexico and Greenland, his statements outline a diplomacy based on force and threats.
In an interview with the New York Times, US President Donald Trump declared that his own “morality” cons freed from international law. From Cuba to titutes the only limit to his actions in foreign policy. “Yeah, there’s one thing. My own morality. My own mind. That’s the only thing that can stop me,” he affirmed.
Questioned about constraints that might restrict American action abroad, Donald Trump indicated that this limit falls exclusively under his personal judgment: “I don’t need international law.”
“I think Cuba is hanging by a thread. Cuba has big problems”
During his interview, the US president addressed the situation in Cuba. He assessed that the island’s authorities are in a position of great fragility, citing the difficulties the country faces after years of “dependence” on Venezuela, particularly in energy and financial resources: “All their vital force, all their life was in Venezuela. They received their oil, they received their money from Venezuela.”
Addressing the question of potentially strengthening pressure on Havana, Donald Trump stated he sees no more effective means than direct intervention: “I don’t think you can put more pressure any other way than by going and blowing that place up.”
In this context, he praised the action of the US army, emphasizing that no losses were recorded on the American side during the operation that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro: “As you know, when our wonderful soldiers went in, none of ours were killed. In that battle, they lost a lot of Cuban fighters. A lot. The American soldiers did an incredible job.”
Mexico: The US president accuses cartels of dominating the country
Mexico was also the subject of accusatory statements from the US president. Thus, Donald Trump asserted that the country is now controlled by drug cartels. He declared that US authorities had intercepted 97% of narcotics transiting by sea and indicated that the United States now plans actions targeting land networks: “Now, we’re going to start fighting the cartels on land.”
According to the US president’s statements, these criminal organizations are responsible for the deaths of 250,000 to 300,000 people each year in the United States. He also mentioned the social consequences of drug consumption, referring to the destruction of families, while asserting that the figures are declining, both in drug trafficking and immigration.
Donald Trump further described the situation at the border as unprecedented chaos, which he claims to have restored.
Explicit threats against Iran
Regarding Iran, Donald Trump warned that repression of demonstrations would trigger a severe US response. “I made it clear to them that if they started killing people, as they usually do during riots—they often have riots—if they did that, we would hit them very hard,” he stated.
He acknowledged that several dozen people have already died during crowd movements, while declaring he is following the situation “very closely.” The US president stated that Iranian authorities have been clearly warned that they would “pay a very high price” if the violence continues.
Permanent escalation of threats
Since the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump’s offensive rhetoric has intensified. Threats directed at various countries are multiplying almost daily. They no longer target only Central or South America, nor the Middle East, but now extend to European territories, including Greenland, an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a US ally within NATO.