In lockstep with Marxist notions of ends and means, globalist Francis Fukuyama argued the European Union should “not back down” on Greenland, even if it means the world will suffer.
(Video Credit: Frankly Fukuyama)
Opposition to President Donald Trump has taken a lot of forms over the years, especially when leftists politicized his first administration’s response to COVID. Now, as the chief executive has taken serious steps toward acquiring Greenland for the United States over national security concerns, Fukuyama proposed that the world “suffer a global recession” if that’s what it takes to prevent Trump from meeting that goal and potential further American expansion.
Taking to YouTube, the senior fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute and author of “The End of History and the Last Man,” took a one-sided view of the president’s tariff initiative, focusing on the impositions during this administration rather than the broader picture of international trade and funding as he took a stand against Greenland becoming part of the United States.
“Over the weekend, Donald Trump announced that he would be imposing a 10% tariff February 1 on eight European countries that had agreed to send forces to Greenland, and that tariffs would be increased to 25% by June 1 if they did not agree to support the sale of the island to the United States,” said Fukuyama of the president’s Saturday announcement. “Over the past couple of months, there has been a debate over whether Trump was serious about claiming Greenland for himself or just trolling the Europeans. It appears that he is indeed deadly serious.”
“I want to say this straight out. As an American, I have one thing to say to my many European friends: do not back down in this confrontation,” he went on. “Up to now, both the EU and the major European powers have sought to appease Trump by offering him concessions, flattery, personal gifts, and other forms of tribute. This strategy has not worked and should be abandoned immediately. Donald Trump is fundamentally a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him.”
Fukuyama argued the EU’s acceptance of a 15% tariff without retaliation was a “bad decision” last year as he fearmongered, “What makes any European think that conceding Greenland will mollify Trump? He will simply come back for more later.”
Suggesting the U.S. would not be a reliable ally, he further argued, “It has already abandoned Ukraine and stated in its national security strategy document that Europe has fallen behind the Western Hemisphere in terms of American priorities.”
He then named leading nations among what Trump dubbed the “anti-American” BRICS coalition and said, “Europeans should keep in mind that those countries that stood up to Trump’s threats in 2025, which include Brazil, India, and China, have actually done well for themselves. They’ve increased domestic support, and in the case of China, they forced America to back down.”
“My European friends need to keep in mind that Donald Trump is not the United States. A majority of Americans are dismayed and outraged by his policies, and they will likely vote against him and the Republican Party in the coming November election,” insisted Fukuyama, spinning his case to fuel dissent from the GOP and party voters on the matter. “It may be the case that the world will have to suffer a global recession as more countries stand up to Trump and retaliate against his policies. But a U.S. politician who wants to weaponize trade and use it as an instrument for territorial aggrandizement really needs to be stopped.”
The academic has used slightly different language in the written version of his message, ominously suggesting, “a U.S. politician who wants to weaponize trade and use it as a lever for territorial expansion needs to be taught a painful lesson.”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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