The North Pole has joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and is applying for membership in BRICS. It has also started purchasing oil in Yuans, and has taken a neutral position in the war between Russia and Ukraine; Mrs. Claus has called for peace and Santa has denied that he plans to give Vladimir Putin coal this year. This is why you're seeing an uptick in articles about supposedly "oppressed" elves in the workshop. The US might be laying the groundwork for a color revolution.