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'We must take Trump's threat to annex Greenland very seriously', says reader
We must take the US threat to annex Greenland very seriously (Metro, Tue).
United States president Donald Trump is drunk on the power he wields and will not stop at Venezuela.
But what can be done?
Our politicians are caught between a rock and a hard place – any action that antagonises Trump could mean Ukraine losing its arms lifeline.
If that happens, Europe is far more vulnerable and will be at war with Russia before too long. That leaves the initiative with ‘we the people’.
We must intensify the boycott of the US to which a few are already committed. We must follow the Canadian example and cut out the obvious – bourbon, Harley Davidson, Californian wine, beer brewed with American hops, peanuts, Pacific salmon, Netflix, Disney, Amazon and ideally social media.
We cannot fight directly but we can hit Trump’s paymasters where it hurts – in the bottom line! Roger Morris, Mitcham
Do Trump’s actions show the ‘declining power of the US’?
The attempt by Donald Trump to annex Venezuela and bring it under the US sphere of influence by force should be seen as weakness and an indication of the declining power of the US.
In March 2014, then president Barack Obama called Russia a ‘regional power’ for invading Crimea, which infuriated Putin, who called it disrespectful.
Trump has more or less given up trying to assert worldwide influence and allows Russia and China to do as they like.
Instead he’s chosen to be a big fish in a much smaller pond and, much like a heavyweight boxer who beats up a flyweight, will be exposed as the pathetic bully he is. Sally Wilton, Bournemouth
Is it ‘laughable’ to question the legality of the invasion of Venezuela?
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David Frencel (MetroTalk, Tue) says it is ‘laughable’ to question the legality of the invasion of Venezuela given its links with drug trafficking and alliance with Iran.
He says those who would do nothing and leave Nicolas Maduro in power would be guilty of ‘paralysis dressed as principle’ and draws a comparison with those who opposed plots to oust Hitler before 1939.
I wonder whether David would take the same attitude if Trump ordered his armed forces into Colombia, Cuba, Panama or even Greenland? Is it possible his red lines would not be breached until US forces landed on oil rigs off the coast of Aberdeen? Robert Boston, Kent
Where does Fentanyl entering the US come from?
Fentanyl doesn’t get to the US via Venezuela, as Trump claims, it goes via Mexico. Trump is using the Netanyahu playbook of creating an emergency to stay out of jail. To further link Maduro with Iran as a threat is a weak attempt to validate ruthless and lawless US policy. Gavin, Birmingham
David Frencel claims ‘Maduro’s victims are real, including those killed by the Venezuelan fentanyl Trump says is flooding the US’. Just as Trump says windmills kill whales, that he could stop the Ukraine conflict in one day, that he was never really friendly with Jeffrey Epstein? I’m constantly amazed at the mental gymnastics people are capable of in their inexplicable desire to support Donald Trump. Martin, London
Global double standards
If Dutch special forces blew up parts of Tel Aviv, killed protection officers and captured Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu and took him away to The Hague under the International Criminal Court arrest warrant, would David consider that to be OK? Phil, Chester
‘Where is the official apology for the manslaughter of 80 Venezuelan civilians?’ questions reader
Your report said ‘some 80 civilians were killed during the attack’ on Venezuela (Metro, Tue).
Less than a week ago, the media was full of the tragedy of 40 people who died in a fire in Switzerland. We wanted to know their names and circumstances because we cared.
Now, 80 ordinary civilians have been killed by the US military. Where is the official apology for the manslaughter of 80 Venezuelan civilians? What are their names? Their ages and occupations?
Do any of us want to be allied with a state that feels it acceptable to kill nearly 100 innocents and then ignore them?
Governments are concerned about which countries are next on Mr Trump’s target list. I believe civilians should be very concerned about becoming ‘collateral damage’ without warning. Jane Edwards, Edinburgh
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