Trump’s Brilliant New Economic Strategy: Let’s Destroy America

 

Trump’s Brilliant New Economic Strategy: Let’s Destroy America

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that left economists staring silently into the middle distance, President Donald Trump announced that, come hell or high water, the United States must have Greenland. Never mind that such an action would fracture NATO, detonate a global economic war, and reduce U.S. influence to a historical footnote. Details, apparently.

NATO’s Article Five is unambiguous: an attack against one member is an attack against all. Greenland is part of Denmark. Any military action there would therefore constitute an attack on Denmark—and, by extension, a declaration of war on NATO itself. Europe. The alliance. Finished. So much for the “peace president.” Perhaps all of this could have been avoided had someone simply given him that Nobel Peace Prize he clearly believes he deserves.

Contrary to the president’s apparent assumptions, NATO’s response would not begin with tanks or missiles. It would begin with economic warfare—and this is where the United States is uniquely exposed.

The first move would be financial. A coordinated dumping of U.S. Treasury securities. A rapid pivot away from the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve and transaction currency. European nations would dramatically reduce—or abandon entirely—the SWIFT system in favor of alternative payment infrastructures. The result would be immediate liquidity shocks, cascading losses across U.S. financial markets, and an accelerated collapse of dollar dominance.

Simultaneously, NATO states could adopt parallel settlement systems that bypass U.S.-controlled financial rails altogether, stripping Washington of one of its most powerful tools of coercion. The outcome: loss of leverage, loss of trust, and a self-inflicted financial crisis.

Confiscation, Asset Seizures, and Strategic Neutralization

Once classified as an enemy state under the laws of war, NATO countries would be legally entitled to enact universal confiscation measures. This would include the seizure of U.S. military bases across Europe—more than 38 installations—severely degrading America’s global force projection. In practical terms, the United States would be amputating its own limbs while attempting to posture against Russia and China.

The next phase would involve the freezing and confiscation of U.S. corporate assets: automobile manufacturers, chemical plants, energy infrastructure, and financial holdings. Losses would not be measured in billions, but trillions. Other regions—Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America—could replicate these actions almost immediately.

Canada, as a NATO member, would be compelled to follow suit, placing all American corporate assets north of the border at risk. History offers ample precedent for such actions. Compared to this scenario, the seizures of World War II would look restrained.

And all of this, remarkably, is unfolding while the president simultaneously threatens new tariffs on America’s three largest trading partners: Canada, China, and Mexico.

The plan—if it can be called that—is simple. Impose tariffs. Claim foreign countries will pay them. Ignore the fact that tariffs are taxes on imports paid by American consumers. Repeat until reality yields.

The administration has promised to reduce prescription drug prices by “600%, 700%, even 1,500%,” while simultaneously raising tariffs that increase production and distribution costs across the board. The arithmetic is impressive, if only because it is entirely fictional.

Fuel, Food, and the Price of Genius

Fuel prices are expected to surge. Despite persistent claims to the contrary, much of the oil produced domestically is ill-suited for gasoline without expensive refining. U.S. refineries were built to process heavier crude—much of it historically imported. Retooling them would cost trillions. Until then, gasoline prices could approach $10 a gallon.

Food will not fare much better. Mexico, Canada, and Latin America supply a substantial share of U.S. imports in fruits, vegetables, grains, meats, poultry, and dairy. With trade relations torched, food prices will skyrocket, turning staples into luxuries.

Last year alone, the United States imported $46 billion in agricultural products from Mexico, including $9 billion in fresh fruit—$3.1 billion of that in avocados. But Americans need not worry. According to Silicon Valley optimism, virtual bananas in VR may soon replace actual nutrition.

Cars will follow. The U.S. imported $87 billion in vehicles and $64 billion in auto parts from Mexico last year. “Made in America,” it turns out, often means “assembled here.” Expect prices for even modest vehicles to soar toward $75,000.

The Big Picture

This is not strategy. It is demolition masquerading as strength. A doctrine of self-sabotage wrapped in slogans.

But perhaps this is the plan: to put the “great” back in “Great Depression.”

So buckle up, America. The rollercoaster ride to economic oblivion has begun. And if something goes wrong—well, at least you were promised it would be spectacular.