What’s Good for the Goose

This is a fictional story, based on the very real state of the world and the United States.

Pre-Dawn Raid

The news broke before dawn on Sunday morning.  The Florida “White House”, Mar-A-Lago, was attacked overnight by an armed force.  Despite a valiant defense by the US Secret Service, the attackers were able to pierce the security perimeter, and capture President Trump and, surprisingly, First Lady Melania Trump.  They were whisked away in a US military style Black Hawk helicopter out to sea.   Their location was unknown, somewhere outside of the United States.

It clearly was not a “terrorist” act.  It was a full-scale military incursion into the United States, similar to the Seal Team Six assault on Bin Laden.  In fact, witnesses described what looked very similar to a NATO force:  mostly US vehicles, weapons and tactics.  Casualties occurred on both sides of the battle, with several Secret Service agents injured:  three killed.  It’s assumed that the attacking force also took casualties, but they extracted the fallen from the scene.  No one was left to interrogate.  The one identifying marker:  the attacking forces were all blonde, well-built Caucasian men.

US Reaction

By Sunday afternoon, Vice President Vance and the US government were using all of the catch-phrases of American indignation.  Vance paraphrased President Kennedy: “We will pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the safe return of the President and his wife”.  House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed classified data as he mis-quoted Franklin Roosevelt, saying, “Today, a day that shall live in infamy, the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the forces of an ally”.  Johnson further called for the “righteous might” of the American people to come forth in unity.

Who were these blonde attackers?  What military force had the capability of launching such a lightning assault, clearly with the goal of seizing the “leader of the free world”?

International Court

By Sunday night we had a better idea.  The World Court in the Netherlands revealed a sealed indictment against Donald Trump, President of the United States.  The indictment charged both war crimes, particularly the deaths of over 100 civilians on the high seas, and financial crimes, accepting bribes from foreign leaders.  The US is NOT a signatory to the International Court treaty.   The Court could not demand extradition of Trump from the US.  But, now that Trump is within the jurisdiction, the Court revealed the charges.

Also listed as “co-conspirators” on the indictment:  Vice President Vance, Secretary of Defense Hegseth, and Secretary of State Rubio.  Their security details were immediately supplemented by agents from Homeland Security’s Investigations division (HSI).  Rumors spread that the Administration was concerned about the loyalty of other US security forces.

So where is the President?  Where is Melania?  They are in an “undisclosed location”, somewhere in the Netherlands.  It turns out the attacking force is well trained by NATO:  the famous Corps Commandotroepen (KCT), the Commandos of the Royal Netherlands Army.  After all, the Court indicted Trump on incredibly serious charges.  It’s a treaty obligation of the Netherlands to enforce appearance for the indictment.  So they went and got him.

US Precedent

The United States has long claimed precedence for “reaching out” and bringing world criminals to justice.  They  invaded Panama, ostensibly to bring President Noriega to justice in US Federal Court.  The US also kidnapped former President Hernandez of Honduras to bring to trial.  And they invaded Iraq for the specific purpose of taking Saddam Hussein out of office and hold him accountable.  Noriega and Hernandez both served time in US Federal prison.  Hussein was hanged. And of course, Osama bin Laden was executed by Seal Team Six in his home in Pakistan.  

The most recent example of “reaching out” was US Forces invading Venezuela to capture President Maduros and his wife to face Federal charges in New York.  The Dutch explained that they are simply following the US example.  In fact, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands used an old English proverb:  “What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander”.  

The question remains:  is this really about the World Court charges, or is this a more general attempt by the European Union and the NATO alliance to create a “regime change” in the United States?   Will the Europeans be satisfied with just Trump? Or are the other “conspirators” at risk?  And how will the Democrats, the domestic political opposition to Trump, react to the kidnapping?  Will they “stand united” with the government, or will they say what they really think:  “I told you so”?

What will the United States, in their “righteous might”, do?