As the twice-impeached felon in the White House goes about his work, he has decided upon a number of policies that are crass, blunt, cruel, and of questionable legality because he and the people he surrounds himself with are impatient, ignorant, and immoral. But the thing is, buried deep within them, some of the policies are trying to solve a problem that does exist. What might a moral, competent, patient statesman do to solve these problems?
Here are the opening speeches we might hear from that person in a different reality…
the Vancouver Agreement
“Today is a monumental day in the history of our two great countries as we take the next step as neighbors into the future. With this Agreement citizens of Canada and the United States will be able to freely move, work, and live anywhere in either country. Goods and services will be able to freely move between either country. And our mutual defense will be secured with a new bilateral pact that will take the bond forged in wars and though our NATO partnership to the next level as we work together to secure the Arctic for our mutual benefit and security.”
the Greenland COFA
“I’m happy to announce that we have entered into a Compact of Free Association with the newly independent nation of Greenland. This agreement will help Greenland by providing security guarantees, financial stability, and social services in exchange for Greenland helping us secure the resources and environment of Greenland, the Northwest passage, the Arctic Ocean, and the airspace of the Northern Hemisphere against aggression and exploitation.”
The treaty of Ambos Nogales
“Good Afternoon. The road to get here has not been easy. Because of the heritage of English and Spanish ambition in the New World, our two countries have not always been aligned, and our people have not always been in harmony, but today we rejoice as we stand united in our commitment to a grand future. With this treaty we embark on the path that will allow the United States of America and the United States of Mexico to forge the kind of mutual trust and respect that neighbors of such stature as we both are can be proud of for generations.
And the first step down that path is the creation of an International Law Enforcement Agency modeled after INTERPOL to marshal and rationalize efforts on both sides of the border to stop the trafficking of narcotics, guns, people, and money, and to dismantle the organized crime organizations behind them. Using the Racketeering laws that this treaty will unify between our two countries, and the combined resources of Federal, State, and Local agencies in both countries, we will attack these criminals and bring them to justice.
At the same time, we will take the next step which is to build opportunities for people, whether they are American, Mexican, or migrants from Central and South America, to have homes, jobs, and families that are free from exploitation, violence, and poverty. This begins with the creation of Special Economic Zones in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila that will incentivize companies to create factories for light and heavy industry, and to create centers of excellence for science and engineering while also creating jobs that bring with them skills training, trades, and experience at wages that are competitive with on both sides of the border.
Additionally, we are building infrastructure in these Zones for transportation of goods and people, for safe, clean, modern places to live and grow a family, and for training and in trades and technical work according to the standards of the guilds and unions that secure quality and consistency of their members, and for education with new joint campuses of some of the best universities in both countries to draw out the talents of a new generation of scientists and scholars.”
the Pan-American Logistics Company Treaty
“Good morning. We are here today to celebrate the next chapter in the Pan-American story with the creation of the Pan-American Logistics Company, an international cooperation corporation whose mission is to develop and operate multiple corridors for moving goods and materiel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the benefit of the all of the Pan-American countries and the utility of the world. The PALC will administer the use of the Northwest Passage, the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and the Panama Canal, as well as the operation of 30 ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama, and the freight facilities at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
This Company will be governed by a five member board, on member appointed by each member country, who will equally share ownership, equity, and profits. The PALC’s authority will include setting tolls, overseeing the operation of ports and port authorities, negotiating contracts with logistics management vendors and organized labor, and providing and enforcing information technology, security, and environmental standards.
As part of this agreement, upon the act of ratification the United States Jones Act shall be modified to include Canadian, Mexican, Nicaraguan, and Panamanian flagged, crewed, or built ships among those permitted to ship cargo and passengers between US ports without restriction.”