O/T:- Trump Presidency 2.0 [hic sunt dracones]

[Kent Magpie]

Surely this violates international law?

It does. Ethnic clensing... but the US don't recognise the ICC, so he probably doesn't care. And who would arrest him?

[Jampie]

The answer to both is Israel. They will clear it, then sell it.

I'll believe it when I see it. Trump and his fan club might cheer it on but the rest of the western world will levy sanctions for that.

A retaliatory military adventure in response to a terrorist attack is one thing. Actual ethnic cleansing is another.

[Med Pie]

It does. Ethnic clensing... but the US don't recognise the ICC, so he probably doesn't care. And who would arrest him?

As noted on the BBC, if America did do this, China and Russia feel emboldened in their actions in Ukraine and Taiwan respectively. Being an economic bully is one thing but America under Trump, risks becoming despised, the World over with nobody being able to rein them in.

[Kent Magpie]

I agree on both those. I was just suggesting how he may try to do it... whether he would is another issue for all the reasons you state.

[Med Pie]

Meanwhile, in the US, Google has gone ahead and renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

[SmiffyPie]

Is this a prequel to The Handmaids Tale?

[MarcusCole]

Meanwhile, in the US, Google has gone ahead and renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Yeah, I've also noted that when I'm in Germany, Google maps changes the name of Germany to Deutschland, shocking that Google would use the local government name for something when in that country.

If you look at in (The Gulf of Mexico) when not in the US it still calls it The Gulf of Mexico but has (Gulf of America) below it.

[Kent Magpie]

Meanwhile, in the US, Google has gone ahead and renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

.. and elsewhere it is listed as Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).

[SmiffyPie]

What did Trump say about freedom of speech? You can more or less say what you want? Well not if Donald doesn't like it !
"The same day (Feb 10) the White House barred an AP reporter from an event in the Oval Office over the publication's decision to continue using "Gulf of Mexico", which AP executive editor Julie Pace condemned as a violation of its First Amendment rights."

[SwalePie]

Is this a prequel to The Handmaids Tale?

It certainly appears that way.