• bigschnitz@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    With the respect, the Trump team failed to invade the US Capitol when they controlled it’s defense apparatus, they are more likely to kill themselves than succeed in any ground invasion.

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    27 days ago

    This way they can deport all the Mexicans and still use them as cheap labour

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    27 days ago

    Trump has reportedly been gathering “battle plans” to attack drug cartels in Mexico since early 2023, with or without Mexico’s permission.

    One source close to Trump told Rolling Stone about a plan for a “soft” invasion of the country, in which U.S. special forces would assassinate cartel leaders covertly

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    27 days ago

    Haven’t we already demonstrated that we can’t successfully hold a mountainous desert against the will of its population in the modern era?

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    27 days ago

    So, this is what you do to your #1trade partner

    • Level 100% tarrifs on their goods

    • dump millions of deportees on them

    • invade them with military

    IDK about you, but to me it sounds a little counter productive

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      27 days ago

      What you were expecting a productive presidency this time around?

      They’ll sure produce a lot of bullshit lies.

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      27 days ago

      “The only thing trump can produce on a counter is E Coli! The BEST E Coli! HahaHAH, stupid Libs!!!”

      - trump, probably. (Never trust a person that speaks in 3rd person.)

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    27 days ago

    They’re going to use the Palestine strategy aren’t they?

    “Oh there are drug cartels hiding in this hospital! Drug labs in this school! We need to bomb it! Humanitarian aid workers? They’re actually Hamas double agents! We mean drug cartels or whatever.”

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    27 days ago

    Given the level of expertise in the trump regime, this can only possibly end with mexico reclaiming texas. I hope they rename it Alamonia. To remember.

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    27 days ago

    So overall, I think mexico does need a third party to fight the cartels. Anyone living in mexico probably has family there. Andcthe cartels have soo much influence that they can get at just about anyone. So a local force just can’t take the country back. Now the current government of mexico can’t willingly let a third party in, because then the cartels would go after them. So something like this where the third party is unhinged enough to do it on it’s own is actually a decent way for it to happen. So let trump start his war on the cartels. It might actually end up as a good thing. The next president can run on ending that war and cooperating with the Mexican government to give them true control of thier country again… because by then, hopefully the cartels are weakened enough to allow the government to win.
    This feels like a broken clock is right twice a day kind of thing. He may accidentally bring about a good thing for all the wrong reasons.

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      27 days ago

      So I follow your logic… but fuck me if that doesn’t just sound like post hoc justification for invading your next door neighbor in an ultra nationalistic way.

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      27 days ago

      The US created the cartels with their disastrous war on drugs. The solution isn’t invading, it’s ending the failed war!

      I know Americans have trouble understanding this, but the solution to most problems isn’t escalating it with another war and bombing the shit out of something.

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    27 days ago

    If this happened in a video game, this is how you’d end up in a bizzaro situation where you’d have Russian bases in Mexico. Trump has bad advisors.

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      27 days ago

      The worst advisors. Truly the worst advisors anyone has ever had, the worst in history! They say my advisors are pretty good, but they lie. My advisors SUCK.

      Sorry. I’m tired and doing an off kilter Trump impression just seemed like the thing to do in the moment.