India, Jan. 11 -- 'Venezuela is under my control, and soon we'll get Greenland. It's necessary for the US,' Donald Trump said recently. This is not a threat issued by some medieval tyrant, but a chilling statement issued by the sitting President of the US -- the same modern nation that claims to be the Medina of democracy. Trump has also referred to Canada as the 51st state of the US. But will he send troops to march on Canadian soil, too? Is it that easy? The answer is hidden in the events of the last week.

Let's first look at how the other countries reacted to the US invasion of Venezuela.

After the US attack on Venezuela, Beijing imposed a ban on many US products, and its banks sped up the process of shifting to settling global trade...