Tuesday March 4, before the Congress, Donald Trump sent a threatening message to the “Incredible people of Greenland”,, THIS “Very large territory” whose Americans have “Really need for international security” :: “I think we will get it – in one way or another, we will get it. We will ensure your safety. We will make you rich. And together we will carry Greenland to peaks that you would never have believed possible before. »»
Trump’s repeated expansionist aim – towards Greenland, Canada, or the Panama canal – are explained by obvious economic and geostrategic justifications. But the ambition also revives a national imagination that was believed to fall into disuse: that of the “border”, which makes America a country constantly extending its territory.
Difficult to imagine more distant from the myth of the conquest of the West than Donald Trump, a billionaire born in New York, owner of a golden triplex at the top of a skyscraper, best known so far to want to strengthen the southern border of the country with a wall. And yet: “The spirit of the border is inscribed in our heartsHe was enthusiastic during his inauguration speech on January 20. The call for the next great adventure resonates deep in our souls. (…) Our American ancestors have transformed a small group of colonies at the edge of a vast continent into a powerful republic, extended over thousands of kilometers through an accident and wild land. »»
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