Dianavan, according to what Teribus has said in this thread, the president of the US doesn't need to feel threatened. He (or she) only needs to feel that US interests are threatened. What that means is that (according to Teribus' wording), if the US feels that they might lose a pineapple plantation somewhere in Central America because the people of that country have voted to bar foreign interests from owning pineapple plantations in their country, the US has a right to invade and occupy that country.