From Venezuela to Greenland: How Trump is playing deep state playbook to counter China

Venezuela, Greenland, Iran—Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Panama as well—aren’t there on the American geopolitical menu just to secure the Western Hemisphere through the “Donroe Doctrine”. Many would see President Donald Trump’s ongoing ‘annexation’ spree as America’s foolhardy and draconian adventures, even madness, dragging the planet into a likely Third World War. We often tend to forget that it’s not the Republican or Democratic Parties that draft America’s broad, long-term geopolitical vision; it’s the deep state that does. The President-of-the-day is merely an instrument to execute, phase-wise, the deep state’s futuristic plans. Yes, individual proclivities, or adverse or sudden changes in foreign…