Let’s not forget—Bahamians helped build your America, especially South Florida. From agriculture to construction to hospitality, generations of Bahamians laid the foundations of communities that now thrive on our labour and culture. Yet despite this, out of nearly every nation on Earth, the only passport the United States refuses to respect is ours—our Blue Book. Not only do Bahamians require a visa to visit the U.S., but now we’re also forced to pay $500 just to apply for a visa waiver. That’s what "friendship" looks like?

And let’s not pretend the insults stop there. We’ve heard your so-called “leaders,” like the Governor of Florida, openly threaten to bomb The Bahamas over immigration—a statement so vile and cowardly that it should have been condemned by every decent official in that genocidal racist country. But no, we only got silence. That’s the real tone of your diplomacy.

So before you accuse me of “spitting in the eyes of Uncle Sam,” ask yourself: What kind of friend piss on and kicks you, then expects you to kneel and say thank you? Real friendship is built on mutual respect—not fear, not bullying, and certainly not extortion.

Stop being a coward, stop bullying ... protect your sovereignty.

While The Bahamas continues to operate within the framework of a colonial-era political system, the more pressing question is this: when, since independence, has the United Kingdom brought forward any major investment of lasting economic benefit to the Bahamian people? The uncomfortable truth is that British commercial engagement with The Bahamas has been virtually non-existent for decades. Last year, we welcomed fewer than 1,500 UK tourists—despite our so-called "historic ties." That figure alone speaks volumes.

The UK is 4,000 miles away. The emotional and economic distance is even greater. So before anyone questions why we are partnering with China instead of Britain, perhaps the real question should be: Where has Britain been all this time? And what have they done—beyond symbolic honours and polite press statements—to help build schools, roads, hospitals, or trade platforms for the Bahamian people?

This isn’t about who we like—it’s about who shows up. And for too long, the UK simply hasn’t.

... anytime clarity, and not cowardice, is needed, I am here.

Thank you.

Butter our bread? No. We’ll bake our own. And we don’t need permission from Uncle Sam or Chairman Xi to do it.

What you’ve written isn’t analysis—it’s a regurgitation of Western propaganda laced with Cold War paranoia and colonial arrogance. You ask if I believe the Chinese are helping The Bahamas out of the goodness of their heart. Let me ask you this: do you believe the Americans ever did? Was it out of compassion that they slapped visa restrictions on Bahamians, blocked access to international funding unless we aligned with their social values, or threatened our sovereignty every time we dared to make a decision outside their shadow?

You speak of “atrocities” committed by the CCP while conveniently ignoring America's unbroken legacy of war, regime change, drone assassinations, racial segregation, mass incarceration, and economic strangulation of entire nations—from Cuba to Iraq. Guantanamo Bay is not a metaphor—it’s an American-run torture camp operating to this very day. So please, spare us the moral lectures.

You question why China supports The Bahamas and not Haiti, but fail to consider the real problem: it’s not China that destroyed Haiti’s infrastructure, imposed IMF austerity, or kidnapped its elected leaders. That was your beloved West. If the Chinese were “colonizing” the world through ports, then what do you call the 800+ U.S. military bases in over 70 countries?

And as for your jab about the Confucius Institute: education, language, and cultural exchange threaten only those who fear their narratives being exposed. I’ll take a Mandarin class over being brainwashed by Fox News, CNN, and neocon think tanks any day of the week.

Here’s the bottom line: Bahamians are not children to be warned off with ghost stories. We are a sovereign people who will decide—on our terms—who we work with. And if that cooperation comes with infrastructure, hospitals, roads, and ports without the lectures, threats, or “values tests,” then yes, we’ll take it. We’ll trade paternalism for partnership. And we will not apologize for choosing what benefits our nation, not what comforts your outdated geopolitical insecurities.

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Or better yet, ask yourself this: how many times has The Bahamas been threatened with economic punishment—especially in tourism—simply because, as a sovereign people, we do not conform to the West’s ever-expanding LGBT+ agenda? How many times have we been told to change our values or face consequences? I’ve never once heard such threats from our Chinese partners. Not once. Unlike others, they don’t try to bribe us with one hand and bully us with the other. That distinction matters.

Cowards like you will always bow and scrape, eager to swallow whatever the Americans dish out—no matter how bitter or degrading—because deep down, you've accepted their view: that we're nothing more than “shithole people from shithole countries.” But let’s be clear—these genocidal, racist Americans don’t have friends; they have pawns and dependents. Friends don’t piss on you and then threaten you when the stench becomes unbearable. They respect your sovereignty, your dignity, and your right to choose what's best for your people. Until then, stop dressing up subservience as diplomacy.

Before Washington trots out another tired “debt-trap” sermon, it should recall that a first-class hospital in Nassau will treat not only Bahamians but the millions of American tourists who flood our shores every year. If the United States cannot match the financing, speed, or scope of China’s offer, its diplomats would do better to respect our sovereign right to choose the best deal rather than scold us with thinly veiled threats. Shared interests—not paternalistic lectures—should guide neighbours; until America can put a competitive package on the table, it might refrain from playing the insecure overlord.

Invoking the tired trope of a “Chinese Communist Party debt trap” insults the intelligence of the Bahamian people and obscures who truly wields coercive power in our daily affairs. The governments most loudly repeating that phrase are the same ones that restrict our visas, issue implicit threats when we pursue independent policies, and contribute little beyond the occasional shipment of second-hand police gear. By contrast, Chinese engagement has produced infrastructure with real, measurable value to our economy: the Freeport Container Port anchoring maritime trade, the Airport Gateway road upgrade streamlining ground transport, and the Baha Mar resort expanding our tourism portfolio and employment base. These projects arrived without the punitive conditionalities that so often accompany Western assistance - if any. In short, labelling China’s tangible investments as a “debt trap” while ignoring the far less generous conduct of its critics is not analysis—it is propaganda, and as a Bahamian you should know better.

... number on speed dial, and ready to make this right.