Empire State of Mind

Trump's plans to invoke the Insurrection Act along the southern border, advanced planning to invade Panama, and 48 new Arctic icebreakers suggest Trump's expansionist plans are more than rhetoric.

President Donald Trump is systematically building the legal, military, and economic framework for a dramatic expansion of North American territorial control. New evidence confirms the White House is pursuing military options that just months ago seemed unthinkable.

There are growing indications of the militarization of the southern border and the Arctic…