U.S. Territories Continue to Sink While Attention is Set on African Oil

So the media wants to shove this Nicki Minaj U.N. visit down our throats like it’s the Second Coming of global diplomacy? We’re supposed to clap like trained seals because a rapper stood at the United Nations praising Trump and talking about protecting Christian Nigerians? Excuse me?! Somebody PLEASE tell me how the hell we’re supposed to pretend this isn’t about oil. Black gold. Sweet crude. Nigeria’s crown jewel. The same damn product the U.S. magically discovers “humanitarian concern” for every time profit is on the table.

Let me spell it out since the media refuses to:

Nigeria has 37.5 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves. They’re the largest producer in Africa. Their oil is clean, high-quality, low-sulfur sweet crude that sells at a premium. And the U.S. has had its eyes locked on it for decades. But now suddenly this is about the protection of Christians? Yeah, alright. I call bullshit. Big steaming bullshit.

Ahem, let me spell this one out too; And I'm going to use the Gaza Strip situation as a prime example.. the situation there hasn't been remedied because, drumroll, please. . . . . . Gaza has no oil reserves. you know hw many people have been killed since that conflict began?! Over 60,000. Since 2023.

Meanwhile, let’s talk about what the U.S. conveniently pretends doesn’t exist: Its own damn territories.

Puerto Rico? Screaming for help since the turn of the 20th century. Screaming through hurricanes, debt, power grid collapse, mass migration — and how many deaths can be laid at the feet of U.S. interference, neglect, and colonial mismanagement? I’ll wait.

Guam? Forever used as a military chess piece.

U.S. Virgin Islands? Buried in debt and limping along with a failing power infrastructure that looks like a parody of neglect.

CNMI? Calling their financial condition “very dire.”

American Samoa? Their entire economy hinges on one tuna cannery. Let that sink in.

Puerto Rico and USVI especially? Practically ringing alarms for decades and nobody in Washington bats an eye. But the media wants to celebrate a celebrity photo-op at the U.N. about Nigeria because somehow, magically, Nigeria is a "special interest." They want you to forget the receipts, but we got them. Everyone does.

Here’s the truth:

Every last U.S. territory is dealing with economic rot, structural failures, and neglect courtesy of the very government that pretends it's the moral authority abroad.

Let’s talk about what ALL U.S. territories fight against:
• Geographic isolation that spikes the cost of food, energy, and imports
• Vulnerability to hurricanes and typhoons that obliterate infrastructure
• Undiversified economies that collapse the second tourism drops
• Outmigration because people are trying to survive, not pose for brochures
• Crumbling water systems and power grids held together by duct tape and prayer

So, again, Puerto Rico and USVI are practically twins in fiscal misery. USVI’s debt has hit 65 percent of GDP at one point. Electric utilities collapsing. Tourism as the only lifeline. CNMI? Pension system circling the drain. American Samoa? One cannery away from catastrophe. Guam? Only afloat because the U.S. military pumps money in.

But the United States — the same one that can’t keep the lights on in its own territories — now wants to claim moral high ground in Nigeria?!

Yea, ok.

And now we have Nicki Minaj, in full wig and heels, being treated like a foreign policy expert at the U.N. talking about Nigerian Christians. Praising Trump for “bringing awareness.” Seriously? Any rapper, singer, influencer — I do NOT care who — should be the last person speaking on geopolitics at the U.N. This isn’t a BET Awards stage. This isn’t a music video. This is supposed to be the world’s diplomatic nerve center.

Soooooo who the hell does Nicki Minaj think she is? Honestly, the way she carries herself, you’d swear she was the Secretary of State for Pink Friday Affairs. All these years in the hip-hop limelight got her out here acting like her opinions come engraved on stone tablets delivered from Mount Queen Barb. Sis, please. Half the time she’s just tweeting like a Bond villain with Wi-Fi.

And the media? Oh, they love it. They jump on her every offhand comment like it’s a geopolitical event. Pandering? Absolutely. Suddenly everyone wants to pretend Nicki’s take on anything outside of rap beefs and lipstick shades is some kind of cultural prophecy. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is looking around like, “Uhh… why is she there?

Look, she’s talented, and iconic in urban settings, she’s built an empire—no one’s denying it. But when she starts acting like her presence is mandatory at places like the U.N.?? Girl, take a seat. Actually, take several. And it would be preferred the ones farthest from a microphone or X feed.

But nooooo, here we go again — America using celebrity distraction as its favorite political seasoning. Put a famous face on it and suddenly people swallow anything whole. Especially POC communities who should damn well know better by now, but keep getting seduced by symbolism instead of substance.

Let’s not pretend Washington is suddenly pro Human Rights. Nicki Minaj is out there rubbing elbows with lawmakers thinking she’s delivering some grand humanitarian message, but all she did was provide political cover for yet another U.S. interest grab. Remember, this is a woman that did waitressing and customer service prior to stardom so please understand: SHE HAS NO BUSINESS meddling in any political spectrum.

And to top it all off, it’s sickening. Sickening that in the Information Age — when everything is searchable, traceable, and damn near undeniable — people still choose ignorance because it’s easier. Because it feels good. Because it’s wrapped in celebrity approval. WHY TF DOESN'T ANYONE CALL THIS OUT?

Meanwhile Puerto Ricans, USVI residents, Samoans — U.S. citizens and nationals — are living through the fallout of decades of neglect and exploitation by the SAME government that wants applause for swooping in to “help” Nigeria. We see the play. And we’re done pretending otherwise. This isn’t humanitarianism. This is geopolitics with glitter on it. This is oil dressed up as religion.

This is U.S. colonial hypocrisy standing naked in broad daylight. And anybody cheering for this circus without asking the real questions? Pander much?

Let me make one thing crystal clear: I’m an American patriot through and through. I love my country, I love where I come from, and I love who I am because of it. But being a patriot doesn’t mean blind loyalty. It doesn’t mean pretending everything is perfect or swallowing the bullshit when something is clearly wrong. And this situation? Yeah… this is one of those jacked-up moments I refuse to co-sign. Loving America doesn’t require silence—just honesty. And that’s exactly what you’re going to get here.