Is the annexation of French Guiana by the United States really possible? To answer this question, it is necessary to analyse Donald Trump’s personal psychology, political behaviour, strategic motivations, potential gains for the United States, and the current posture of European leadership. Donald Trump displays traits consistent with narcissism. This manifests in imperial rhetoric “I alone can fix it”, and recurring territorial ambitions, including Greenland “strategic, absolutely”, reiterated in 2019 and 2025, the Panama Canal, and Canada as a hypothetical 51st state. The core hypothesis is that Trump seeks permanent inscription in the historical pantheon, surpassing figures such as Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley and potentially even Peter the Great, Napoleon, or Alexander the Great, through territorial expansion.

Freud’s concept of narcissistic identification with the masses explains this dynamic: Trump projects an imperial ego onto the MAGA collective, reinforcing shared grandiosity, while Jung would interpret this as ego inflation or self-inflation, a psychological condition prone to hubris and eventual enantiodromia—a reversal into collapse. Recent behaviour supports this interpretation. Military coercion has been openly suggested regarding Greenland “by hook or by crook”, alongside fantastical proposals such as transforming Gaza into a luxury “Riviera”. These actions illustrate how the pursuit of personal immortality in history increases systemic global risk—weakening NATO, UN,  cohesion and undermining the dollar’s........

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