As is now the norm, there is scarcely a day that passes without some calamitous media barrage tied to the mania surrounding Donald J. Trump. Foreign entanglements. Security escalations. Congressional theater. Healthcare costs climbing beyond reach. Cultural institutions renamed. Sensational files dangled for political titillation. Institutions once regarded as formidable now appearing brittle and compromised.
Each of these deserves its own disciplined fact-checking and its own paragraph of accountability. But for me and for months now I have been posting with urgency, receipts, and restraint about what troubles me most: the erosion of agency and sovereignty in Trinidad and Tobago.
I ask readers to refer to my blog archives for the continuity of this concern. What follows is not new panic. It is accumulated observation.
I beg to impose my thoughts, theory, and observations on the unfortunate position Trinidad and Tobago may now find itself occupying a nation pulled into alignment with a U.S. administration whose geopolitical ambitions extend far beyond our shores.
This alignment is not abstract. It intersects with escalating U.S. Venezuela tensions, maritime enforcement narratives, military transits, and energy interests all while Trinidad and Tobago sits exposed, small, strategic, and economically dependent on stability, trust, and open travel.
Families, students, artists, and tourists have long been planning to claim Trinidad and Tobago as their destination for the Carnival 2026 season. Flights booked. Bands selected. Costumes designed months in advance. Hotels reserved. Vendors preparing.
But now, one must imagine the buyer’s remorse forming quietly in the minds of would-be travelers not from rumor, but from atmosphere. States of Emergency. Heightened security. Regional unease. Uncertain borders. A sense that levity and freedom are no longer guaranteed.
