In 2026, both allies and appointed adversaries of the US will face equal pressure. Those who fail to respond accordingly will do so at their own peril.

2026: Enough Pressure to Go Round

How Covid-era Fraud is Assisting Trump’s 2026 Seizing Season

This Covid-era fraud in Minnesota that occurred 5 years ago may be used by the US as a justification to “seize” some real estate projects in Kenya, as Trump continues ‘seizing’ things globally. The first 10 days of 2026 have shown the US engaging in wanton robbing euphemised as seizing, directed at friends and foes alike. Washington has bombed Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro, hijacked and commandeered oil tankers including Marinera, Olina, and Sofia (flying flags of Russia, Timor, and Panama), and threatened to invade several countries and to occupy Greenland, an autonomous island under Denmark. Long-term US dependents that style themselves as allies, such as Canada and Denmark, might be invaded by Trump, whose administration also wants to ‘seize’ some real estate projects in Kenya, all thanks to Somali immigrants who defrauded federal relief programs of 2020.

In the last days of 2025, media reports stated that US federal agencies had launched investigations into how some of the proceeds of Covid-era fraud in Minnesota were transferred to Kenyans who purchased real estate projects in Nairobi and Mandera. Surprisingly, no federal agency has launched an investigation into reports that some of these proceeds were transferred to Al-Shabaab*. In 2026,........

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