Trump's claims about buying Greenland, annexing Canada

Whether Trump's claims about buying Greenland or bringing Canada into the U.S. are viable or not, they should be considered serious. However, these claims are most likely a political tactic to distract the public from the atrocities that will occur as soon as Trump takes office and begins the largest deportation initiative in U.S. history. He has already suggested using the military in his deportation campaign and creating large camps to hold migrants within the U.S. before their deportation has not been confirmed by the incoming president, but seems likely as a logical step in a campaign to deport between 15-20 million people. 

These people which Trump seeks to deport are at least an important part of our labor force, but beyond that are people with stories like any other person. Some have left harrowing conditions in Mexico or countries further afield such as Honduras or El Salvador for a chance at economic opportunity or at least a refuge from violence in their own countries. It is important to note that a large part of the political instability that exists in the Latin American countries from which migrants come from was driven by U.S. government programs to combat Communism under the Truman Doctrine which invited the U.S. government to intervene in elections (often through the CIA) to promote leaders who were opposed to left wing ideals. In Latin America, these programs along with the advent of neoliberalism have instilled lasting economic instability in which foreign investment worsens living standards.

It is important to remember that often Fascist dictators use encrypting rhetoric to hide their atrocities from the public because they know that their policies will not be popular. As Trump takes office, America's eyes should remain aware of his territorial ambitions, but should remain exceptionally vigilant of his deportation campaign and the human rights atrocities that will undoubtedly come from it.