President Trump's second inaugural address, which included a vow to expand US territory and revive the concept of Manifest Destiny, drew widespread international criticism. Leaders and activists expressed alarm over his plans, fearing they would lead to global instability and renewed violence against indigenous populations.
While the global far-right cheered President Donald Trump's return to the White House on Monday, world leaders, elected officials, activists, and others from across the rest of the political spectrum reacted with trepidation as the Republican vowed to expand the nation's territory for the first time in nearly 80 years and threatened the sovereignty of a U.S. trade and security partner.
'Trump is really going after Native Americans with references to Manifest Destiny, the frontier, Wild West, and erasing Denali's name,' attorney Brett Chapman, a direct descendant of the Ponca Cshief White Eagle, said on social media. 'This anti-Indigenous inaugural address sounds like one from the 1800s when presidents deployed the U.S. military on Native Americans seeking rights.
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