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U.S. Pirate Party Pushes Back on Trump Foreign Policy Comments, Advocates Pan-American Approach

The United States Pirate Party released a statement this week addressing comments made by President-elect Donald Trump regarding U.S. relations with neighboring countries. The party criticized what it described as “imperialist rhetoric” and proposed a vision of Pan-American collaboration as an alternative.

The recent statement comes in response to various remarks Trump has made since the 2024 election, including referring to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a “governor,” Canada as the “51st state,” and suggesting actions to gain control over Greenland and the Panama Canal. He has also proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” These statements have drawn responses from international leaders, including Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who stated earlier this week, “Greenland is for the Greenlanders.”

The United States Pirate Party, which claims to advocate for Pan-Americanism and a “good-neighbor policy,” questioned Trump’s anti-war credentials and called his recent words a “massive step in the wrong direction.” The party reiterated Prime Minister Frederiksen’s words as representative of its views and emphasized support for collaboration and mutual respect among American countries. However, it also expressed an openness to expanding the United States, provided it occurred consensually.

“We believe US Imperialism is a stain on this continent and we wish to correct that, not return to it,” read the statement. “We denounce any attempt at US expansion, unless it is the will of the people to join in union with the USA. President Trump’s comments are not reflective of the vast majority of this country, certainly not of this party, and certainly not something will we watch happen quietly.”

The party also outlined support for proposals to lift sanctions on nations such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, as well as calls for economic partnerships, free movement, and self-determination across both continents. Notably, the party did not provide further context about what it meant by not watching quietly.

9 Comments

  1. Walter Ziobro January 14, 2025

    Whether Trump is serious – or not – Greenlanders ARE thinking about their future and are open to new possibilities. They are very aware of their potentialities.

  2. Nuña January 13, 2025

    Going on a slight, unprovoked tangent: I’ve been seeing a bunch of different sources today, floating the outlandish idea that Denmark could, should or will turn to Russia for aid in securing Greenland against the US. And I have some (self-evident) thoughts about that.

    Firstly, Trump is just being Trump: he is not going to launch a military invasion to annex Greenland, anymore than Canada. Or even the PCZ for that matter – though I wouldn’t put it past him to send in a gunboat there, if the Panamanian authorities restrict US shipping through canal any further.

    Secondly, Danish-Russian relations are every bit as bad as, if not worse than, US-Russian relations. Denmark has been voting in favor of every sanction against Russia and even pushing for additional sanctions. Denmark has been promoting the idea of NATO countries training “ukrainian” military in their own countries. And besides training, Denmark has been steadily supplying nazi “ukraine” with arms and ammunition, including in particular cluster bombs used against civilians in Donbass.

    Thirdly, that also means that Denmark no longer has much left with which to fend off this imaginary US invasion of Greenland. Nor to give to Russia by means of payment.

    If Russia were to get involved in Greenland at all, it would not be to help Denmark, from whom it can expect nothing and to whom it owes even less. No, if anything, Russia would itself take control of Greenland due to its strategic location – which is exactly Trump’s argument for why it is of interest to the US.

    But again, none of this is likely to happen. Trump is just goofing around – as is his wont. So unless a majority Greenlanders manage to organize and request to become part of the US, the most that will happen instead, is that the US will be given permission by Denmark to (re)build some military bases on Greenland – think modern-day Camp Century and Thule Air Base. Big whoop.

  3. Walter Ziobro January 13, 2025

    One interesting thing about Iceland is that it belongs to a small, but successful trading bloc (the EFTA) that includes Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Norway. Maybe an independent Greenland could find a home there.

  4. Nuña January 12, 2025

    “Has anyone asked the people of Greenland and Panama what THEY want?”

    In the case of Greenland, (supposedly) yes. Conveniently enough, the European-backed polls find Greenlanders overwhelmingly want to join the EU (whether via Denmark or independently), while the American-backed ones find they overwhelmingly want to join the US… Personally, I believe the latter over the former, but the only thing that is independently verifiable, is that Greenland wants a greater degree of home-rule and independence from Denmark; and that Denmark consistently refuses to allow any such referendum to be held, nor to recognize the validity of any study which doesn’t show Greenlanders want to be under Danish control.

    Unfortunately, Greenland lacks the population to have a independence movement similar to Catalonia or Scotland; lacks the neighbors for one similar to the Republika Srpska, North Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Artsakh (formerly), Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, etc.; and lacks the arms and training for one similar to Transnistria, Somaliland, Taiwan, Adjaria (formerly), Cabinda (formerly), Katanga (formerly), Euskadi (formerly), etc. The results is that they are pretty much stuck in a perpetual situation like that of Volhynia, Galicia, Polesia, Lwow, Transcarpathia, Flanders, Hong Kong, the Sahrawi Republic, Artsakh (currently), Adjaria (currently), Cabinda (currently), Katanga (currently), Euskadi (currently), etc. where there exists the will but no means to realize it.

  5. Walter Ziobro January 11, 2025

    Another option for Greenland would be to become part of Iceland.

    Then, maybe Iceland could consider if it wants to become a US state, or a Canadian province.

  6. Walter Ziobro January 11, 2025

    Greenland is kind of small to become a US state, or even a Canadian province. It might make more sense for them if they were incorporated into the Province of Newfoundland.

  7. Walter Ziobro January 11, 2025

    Has anyone asked the people of Greenland and Panama what THEY want? It might be interesting to find out if any of them might be interested.

    As for Canada, I don’t think any province would accept joining the US without statehood for each of them.

  8. Jumpin Jimmy Valiant January 10, 2025

    Has any other political party commented on Trump’s comments? It sounds like they’re the only ones to outright reject it.

  9. Nuña January 10, 2025

    What an easily trolled wusses.

    So far only mexicommie Sheinbaum has managed to come up with an appropriate response in keeping with Trump’s infantile humor, joking that the territories the US stole from Spain and Mexico be renamed “America Mexicana”.
    The bananamanian and glazed danish fascists-in-chief both went full imperialist themselves, brazenly omitting about how they got their grubby paws on respectively the PCZ and Greenland. And Castro Jr. broke down crying and ceded his premiership – about nine years too late.

    “Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who stated earlier this week, ‘Greenland is for the Greenlanders.'”
    …except every time they’ve wanted to hold a referendum about greater devolution or independence from Denmark… Dishonest hypocrite!

    “We believe US Imperialism is a stain on this continent and we wish to correct that”
    Great. So when are you returning Alaska to Russia, Maine and Louisiana to France, Texas to Mexico, California and Florida, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands to Spain, Hawaii to its royal family, Samoa to its people, etc. etc. etc.?

    “unless it is the will of the people to join in union with the USA”
    Well it may come as a surprise to the Pirate Party, but most Greenlanders would rather be part of the US than of Denmark – out of the fire into the frying pan, if you ask me. Judging by the number of illegal immigrants from Panama, no doubt many Panamanians would love to get US citizenship. And even a surprisingly high number of Canadians outside of Ontario and Quebec would welcome becoming a state.
    A much better concern for an American political party would be whether Americans want them joining the US.

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