Mia and James discuss Trump's imperialist drive to take Canada, the Panama Canal, Gaza and Greenland and how it differs from previous versions of free trade American imperialism.

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Mia and James discuss Trump's imperialist drive to take Canada, the Panama Canal, Gaza and Greenland and how it differs from previous versions of free trade American imperialism.
Sources:
<a href="https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="b1652895-a9ea-4b53-8c4a-711b8ff86cdc">https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h</a>
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