Last week, a young woman on social media detailed a dream she recently had about Jamaica being invaded by the United States.
Her dream was of tremendous interest because it was on the heels of the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife by the Americans.
This dream was also a replica of a vision I had last year of a swarm of helicopters bearing the United States flag swirling over the island and soldiers parachuting onto Jamaican shores.
Up to now, there is no indication that US President Donald Trump has any real interest or plan to send American forces into Jamaica. However, there are a number of recent reports that Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness had engaged in high-level talks with key Trump operatives, including the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense.
Recently, government officials dashed, like Usain Bolt, to welcome news that Jamaica moved down a notch on the US travel advisory ranking. But when the island and four other Caribbean nations were included in the US immigrant visa suspension, they withdrew from the race entirely. Worse, when Jamaica retained a spot on the US list of drug-running countries, they flatly refused to enter the arena.
But with rising geo-political tensions and strategic moves by the United States towards acquiring Greenland, which curiously, is said to be located at America’s front door, Jamaica and other American backdoor nations must pay close attention.
President Trump has explicitly signalled that several regional countries are in his crosshairs as part of his “Donroe Doctrine”, which is a modern expansion of the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe Doctrine is a U.S. foreign policy, first articulated in 1823. Reasoning that it needed assured protection from its foes, the U.S. decided to divide God’s earth between itself and Europe.
Under the doctrine, the entire western hemisphere, including Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America, was off-limits to European modern colonisation or interference.
Any move by Europe, Russia, or eastern nations to interfere in western affairs was to be seen as hostile to the United States. In exchange for their stay of hand, the U.S. pledged to keep out of European affairs.
The U.S. positioned itself as the Goliath of the region and gave itself security responsibilities for the entire Americas. European powers were blocked from reclaiming control over newly independent Latin American nations. The doctrine set the foundation for the United States to breach the sovereign rights of regional nations at will.
Today, the dying doctrine has been resuscitated. Fully revived and revved up, it is being used to finger Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico for direct U.S. intervention. While Jamaica is not named, by its very location, the island is properly positioned for consideration.
Cuba, under this Donroe doctrine, is described as being “ready to fall”. The U.S. president warned Havana to “make a deal before it’s too late,” specifically threatening to cut off the flow of Venezuelan oil and financial aid that has long sustained the Cuban regime. U.S. insiders suggest regime change in Cuba is a Trumpian goal for the end of 2026 in order to “cement his legacy”.
Trump has frequently attacked Colombian President Gustavo Petro, calling him a “sick man” and accusing him of allowing drug cartels to thrive. He has suggested that military action in Colombia “sounds good” to him and warned Petro that he could be “next” if he doesn’t address the narcotics flow into the U.S.
While describing President Claudia Sheinbaum as a “terrific woman”, Trump has warned Mexico to “get their act together” on border security and drug trafficking. He has publicly offered to send U.S. troops into
Mexico to combat cartels, despite Sheinbaum’s rejection of any U.S. military presence on Mexican soil.
The Trump administration has also pledged to “take back” the Panama Canal, asserting that the United States was “being ripped off”, that the waterway was effectively under Chinese control, and signalled moves to change its name.
Last week, Trump was forced to adjust his desire to acquire Greenland during the World Economic Forum talks in Davos, Switzerland after a fiery meeting with his counterparts. The New York Times quoted anonymous officials who leaked that the contentious meeting agreed that Denmark would cede sovereignty over small areas of Greenland to the U.S. so they could build military bases.
Building military bases in strategic countries has been a model the United States has been utilising since World War II.
In September 1940, the U.S. and the UK signed the “Destroyers for Bases” agreement, which granted the U.S. 99-year leases on several areas in the Caribbean, including Little Goat Island and Vernamfield in Jamaica.
The U.S. built a seaplane base on Little Goat Island, which included a seaplane ramp, piers, buildings, and a fuel storage facility. The base was used to locate and capture German submarines that were operating in the Caribbean and attempting to intercept U.S. naval ships.
Although the base was officially abandoned by the United States shortly after World War II, with the U.S. flag lowered in December 1949, they technically retained the 99-year lease. At Jamaica’s independence in 1962, the Jamaican government assumed the UK’s obligations and responsibilities under the agreement. The lease was originally set to expire in 2039, but subsequent negotiations led to the U.S. releasing most of the leased areas in 1961, except for a small parcel of land elsewhere in Portland Ridge.
While Vernamfield in Clarendon today is undergoing major redevelopment, it remains a place for aviation and is also serving as a popular venue for local motorsport events like drag racing. The Goat Islands, though, are occupied by iguanas and other fearsome species. They are part of a protected wildlife sanctuary.
Jamaica is a nation under divine judgement. Donroe doctrine is in full force. Only God knows what calamity is ahead. Pray for mercy.