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Bellum Americanum

January 13, 2026 by Guest Post 12 Comments

by Will Walker, Hamilton

The day of January 3rd, 2026, will forever be remembered as the moment that Pax Americana ended. Trump and his allies have been working at this end for years, with mixed success – but this time, this occasion, they have finally dealt a blow that we will never be able to recover from. No nation will ever trust the United States after this. No hand will ever be outstretched towards us after this emphatic, unambivalent repudiation of the international order that 75 million lives were spent to uphold. Just like that, in a single night, it is all gone, and now Trump and his fascist aides dance and jeer over their bodies. The fires had not even finished burning in Caracas before he stated that Cuba, Greenland, and Mexico were next, lest they give into his demands. The US Department of State went on to state that the Western Hemisphere is “ours.”

Whose? I do not lay claim to Canada, Central America, Colombia, or any other country other than mine, and yet somewhere in between the White House and my own, Trump has found a casus belli to claim dominion over a billion people. It is a moment so fabulously strange and dangerous that we common Americans and our allies abroad are beggared for how to describe it, or what to do next. I cannot say what to do next, but I know too well what to call it. This is Nazi politics and it will end the same way unless something is done to resist these men. And if you, yourself, the reader, cannot bring yourself to condemn this heinous administration, you empower it. My conscience requires that I stand up and rebuke this action. I hope that our nation can unite in this moment, and deny Trump the silent consensus that enables his atrocities; for in the future, we shall all be judged not only by what we say, but what we choose not to.

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  1. Helen Sabin says

    January 14, 2026 at 11:44 AM

    WILL – you sound ridiculous, you look ridiculous, you are ridiculous and so full of your own opinion you don’t take time to read what others around the world are saying. They are CHEERING for TRUMP as they want the despots, tyrants and others in their countries removed too!! Go educate yourelf and stop listening to CNN or other worthless liberal stations that hae brainwashed you to the extreme.

    “Viktor Orbán: ‘a much-needed victory for the world’”
    Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called Donald Trump’s election win “a much-needed victory for the world” and “the biggest comeback in U.S. political history!” — a positive international headline from outlets covering the global reaction. 

    Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni praised Trump’s victory, highlighting strong ties between Italy and the United States and hopes for deeper cooperation.

    EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also congratulated Trump and expressed a desire to “work together on a strong transatlantic agenda.” 

    These statements appeared on social media and in global press coverage as headline reactions to his political success. 

    Now don’t you look stupid? YEah you do!

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    • John Weston says

      January 14, 2026 at 7:43 PM

      “They are cheering for Trump”, Helen, who is cheering for Trump ?

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      • Tracy says

        January 15, 2026 at 7:54 AM

        I am!

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      • Frank says

        January 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM

        Well over half of the country is in support of Trump. Democrats are on the wrong side of everything! You are no longer decent, moral or law abiding people. You are the worst of our society.

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      • Bridget H Dolan says

        January 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM

        All of the provincial people in Ravalli County who think Missoula is an actual city. It’s embarrassing how narrow-minded people are here. That happens when you’ve never stepped outside your comfort zone.

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    • Gomez says

      January 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM

      Helen. I have friends from around the world, and universally they think Donald Trump is an idiot and likewise, Americans that voted for him are idiots. Don’t believe me though. Go to a dozen foreign countries of your choosing, and ask the first 50 people that you meet on the street what they think of Donald Trump. I promise you that the answers that you get from them will be much different than the press releases you get from world leaders that want to pander to his tissue thin ego so they can manipulate him. He has embarrassed us all with his toddler like behavior and temperament.

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    • Howard S. says

      January 15, 2026 at 9:43 AM

      Are you seriously quoting Viktor Orban’s praise of Trump? Talk about needing to do some research. Couldn’t find anything from Kim Jung Un?You might as wells say Stalin and Mussolini would have thought Trump was swell guy.

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  2. tracy says

    January 14, 2026 at 8:04 AM

    LOL Every Nation will always have their hand out to the USA.

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    • Helen Sabin says

      January 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM

      And most of them do!! Its time we stop funding those countries and tell them to support themselves.

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      • Craig L Johnson says

        January 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM

        Especially Israel.

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      • Tracy says

        January 15, 2026 at 7:56 AM

        That is exactly what Trump says!

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  3. Roger H Mitchell says

    January 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM

    Excellent comment! Thank you.

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