Team Trump Debates 'How Much Should We Invade Mexico?'

[CatWoman]

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-mexico-drug-cartels-military-invade-1235183177/

Within Donald Trump’s government-in-waiting, there is a fresh debate over whether and how thoroughly the president-elect should follow through on his campaign promise to attack or even invade Mexico, as part of the “war” he’s pledged to wage against powerful drug cartels.

“How much should we invade Mexico?” says a senior Trump transition member. “That is the question.”

It is a question that would have seemed batty for the GOP elite to consider before, even during Trump’s first term. But in the four years since, many within the mainstream Republican centers of power have come around to support Trump’s idea to bomb or attack Mexico.

Trump, who has routinely (and falsely) promoted himself as the candidate who would stop “endless wars,” now wants to lead a new conflict just south of our nation’s border. But at this moment, it is, in the words of one Trump adviser, “unclear how far he’ll go on this one.” This source adds: “If things don’t change, the president still believes it’s necessary to take some kind of military action against these killers.”

Another source close to Trump describes to Rolling Stone what they call a “soft invasion” of Mexico, in which American special forces — not a large theater deployment — would be sent covertly to assassinate cartel leaders. Indeed, this is a preliminary plan that Trump himself warmed to in private conversations this year.

[dutch777]

1. In some ways this is prescient. Almost failed states to our south are mounting. Mexico clearly but we want to "own"...

..that? I certainly think we have contributed significantly to all that dysfunction but does anyone, even in their new hubris, want to play that game? Costa RIca seems stable, after that not sure you can go all the way to Tierro del Fuego and hit " functional state" in an honest assessment. Oh, silly me, eLoon can fix that to....

[Irish_Dem]

2. Are we invading Canada as well?

I would like to be in charge of invading all of Quebec's chocolate croissants.

[Trueblue1968]

15. I want people to invade mar a largass and do Jan 6Th on it.

[Irish_Dem]

16. On J6, no one in the entire US gov't came to help the Capital Police protect Congress.

If a mob attacked MAL, the entire US Army would be called out right away to protect trump.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

3. From golfer to conquistador, he can do it all, lol.

[GP6971]

6. Did you forget the sarcasm tag?

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

7. If you're thinking what I think you're thinking,

you could not be more wrong.

[GP6971]

8. You should clarify. Without the sarcasam tag

people will think you're a 45 supporter.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

11. Well, I kinda thought the lol would have been sufficient.

Anyway, I will try to be more careful.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Wishful thinking on tRump's part.

Like that would ever happen.

This would be an ILLEGAL use of American Military. Despite its problems, Mexico is a sovereign country.

[Attilatheblond]

5. And cartel violence is due to Americans who want drugs and Americans who profit from sending arms to cartels

This is just Trump pandering to and distracting the blood thirsty idiots who support him.

[roamer65]

9. The cartels have heavy infiltration into the United States.

Any “war” on them in MX will not stay contained to MX.

It will come here as well.

[Takket]

10. We'Le HaVe PeAcE wItH TrUmP WhEn GeNoCiDe JoE iS gOne

[sakabatou]

14. HoW WaS I SuPpOsEd tO KnOw tHe lEoPaRd wOuLd eAt mY FaCe?

[róisín_dubh]

12. He's a fucking moron

Part of the problem Mexico faces now was caused by Fox and Calderon targeting cartel leaders, which created power vacuums.
Special forces targeting cartel leaders will do the same, on a wider scale, and ignite a war in the US itself.

[CatWoman]

13. lol

all they need to do is watch Narcos

[Morbius]

19. Yes.

Stupidity is a force unto itself, but when stupidity is empowered, it becomes dangerous.

Let's think back in world history. When was the last time someone so dumb had so much power? I myself don't know.

[róisín_dubh]

20. Charles II of Spain?

But to be fair to Charles, he wasn't purposefully stupid. He was the product of ridiculous inbreeding.

[LeftInTX]

17. He's bullshitting. Just like he bullshitted about his 25% tariffs. Now he's saying Mexico stopped immigration due to

his tariff threat.

[EndlessWire]

18. He's not the President!

Not until January. Yet, other heads of state have to address this jackass.

I do not think that Pisswig (love his new name) gives a flying finger about Mexicans or fentanyl. Something else is afoot. It's similar to Israel bombing those other countries, but we have a false reason to hurt Mexico.

Doesn't this brainless bobble head realize that if we start a war with Mexico, he'll stir up a hornet's nest? Mexico is friends with China.

Who told him he could shoot missiles at Mexico and get away with it? He honestly thinks we can just say it wasn't us??

Sigh. He's trying to cut in on cartel profits. Or, he needs an excuse to station our military at the border within states, for some unknown reason, which can't be good. He doesn't care about us. He's posturing for something.

At any rate, he's picking on Canada (???) and Mexico because he considers them weak, like nothing will happen to us. Like, we can take them over, no sweat. Like Hitler did, with Poland. Maybe he wants to be dictator of South America, as well.

He's nuts. Honestly, he's not even President yet, and he's planning to invade another country. This won't go well. You think Mexico is just sitting there, waiting? They're lining up their ducks. I think I'd better learn to speak Spanish.

Mexicans are going to turn out to be like Ukrainians. Tough as nails, and mad as hell.