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MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days ago

Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after cartels

www.independent.co.uk

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Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after cartels

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MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days ago
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Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after cartels: report
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  • 87Six@lemmy.zip
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    Switching from “for the children” to “against cartels” meanwhile the epstein files are getting so old they will just be able to claim you can’t even make anything out on them anymore

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      So old that no Republicans would ever want to touch them

  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    TRUMP SHOULD BE ARRESTED

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    Take note how few people are commenting/demanding the Epstein files now compared to a few weeks ago.

    The zone has flooded.

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      Or is flooding about the Epstein files continually the distraction.

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    Call his bluff. He just wants to wag his dick around. So mexico should mobilize their army at the border and say “cross this line and you are declaring war.”

    Guaranteed someone up high makes him understand how politically stupid that would be. Probably in pictures. With small words.

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      I don’t think we have enough time or crayons for that

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      Who else are we going to change the dissidents at? Are you going to kick off with the middle east or southeast asia, with these gas prices?

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    Yeah, this is great. We’re going to (illegally) invade Mexico ane Venezuela simultaneously, while also occupying our own cities that don’t go along the paramilitary immigration Gestapo. Oh, and we’re also waging chaotic, impulsive trade wars with literally every country on Earth. Maybe we can get a ground war going in Russia as well, really speed run the imperial collapse.

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      Don’t forget Nigeria! You know, the oil rich African country with 60 million military aged (18-35) men.

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        There’s so much terrible news all the time, I legitimately don’t know if we’ve threatened to attack Nigeria or not

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          He has.

          • Jännät@sopuli.xyz
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            what

            why

            • ikidd@lemmy.world
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              https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/03/why-is-donald-trump-threatening-military-intervention-in-nigeria

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            Well, fuck.

        • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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          I feel this. I want to play a game and check out, but I sliced the fuck out of left index finger a few days ago…

          • pjwestin@lemmy.world
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            You’ve got to find a way to check out a little. If you try to stay in top of this shit 24/7 you’ll have a breakdown. A little time to focus on something, anything, that gives you joy is important.

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            Why? No dont do that!! Keep having hope and taking action. We are all winning together. Dont sacrifice your ability to game!

            Read more goodgoodgood.co (Their article on tstudy of hope is a game chamger when you make that your main focus) and goodnewsnetwork as RSS Feeds

            Also on YouTube Sam Bentley, & Good News

            Dont give up mate. Strength in Unity. Join communities in-person and online to not be alone. Also get active with others and get others to do too. Everystate has people getting others mobilized and every bit helps!

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            At least we know that imdex finger is out of fucks.

          • P00ptart@lemmy.world
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            You don’t need that finger for gran Turismo…

            • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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              Good point! I haven’t played 6 in a while.

              • P00ptart@lemmy.world
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                Wait till you upgrade to 7… GT sport was a decent stopgap, but 7 is so good I’m having trouble believing they can improve on it. The game is very serious but swaps can make it funny as hell. You can put the legendary 2jz Supra engine into a Yaris, a Chiron 1500 HP W16 into a Corvette, the Hellcat engine into a 1942 Willy’s jeep, there’s a lot of ridiculous fun to be had with engine swaps. You can even put a Porsche 911 engine into a VW bus. Good luck winning any races with some of these swaps, but it certainly is funny!

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    No Epstein comments here yet. The distraction is working!

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    Imagine if this guy spent this much energy on building housing.

    • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Or upgrading the grid to accept more renewables

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world
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      Wasn’t that his previous career?

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It was less " building" and more “extracting rent as a management company”.

        Any building he did was for corporate space, resorts, or casinos.

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        Yes but not necessarily and endorsement. He ran several companies into the ground

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          If you look for “bankrupt casino” his failure is number 1:

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          • Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
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            Looks like how he decorated the white house Hope he kept the Liquidation sign

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      He’s got babies to rape

      • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world
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        https://youtu.be/yjzojGK2n_g

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    Bi-partisan mothers and fathers in all states (both red and blue) ready for an internal ground invasion to procure and publish the Epstein files. This is called protecting your children.

    • MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip
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      Just a friendly tour.

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    Hey Poland Mexico… Here comes Germany The US to liberate you from your crime problem.

    Ffs. Call it what it is: The Fourth Reich

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      The turd reich

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        The Burger Reich

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      Hey Ukraine, here comes Russia to liberate you from your Nazi problem.

      He saw big boy Vlad do it and wants to copy his idol.

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      Just a special military operation, 4 days maximum

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      “It will be easy, it will be quick and we are sure to win” Charles the Ist, 1642, John Burgoyne, 1777, Napoleon, 1812, Hitler, Nixon, W Bush, the list of everyone who falls for it is long lol

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    Nope. “aren’t meant to destabilize” (the foreign government) doesn’t excuse the move.

    The only way this can work is “with permission from the foreign government”

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    No he isn’t, he isn’t declaring war with mexico, that would be REALLY, REALLY stupid.

    This is one of his horrible attempts at negotiating with Mexico, but it just comes across as insanity.

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      that would be REALLY, REALLY stupid

      You know he is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY stupid right?

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      He technically can’t declare war.

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        HW Bush proved a president can without any repercussions no matter how illegally the war is declared. We lost that power check a long time ago.

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          He never declared war, technically.

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        The US hasn’t “technically” been at war since WW2. We weren’t “at war” during the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War…

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          Only open war we’ve had since I can remember is the war on drugs and homelessness. Shows you were our priorities lie considering we haven’t done shit to address either.

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            We’ve actually only made things worse in regards to both.

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        Technically and laws don’t apply to this administration, if he were to declare war the Republicans would just predate a declaration of war and say it’s legal.

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        No but he might declare a Special Military Operation. To be over in 3 days, also.

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    So peaceful. Give this man 2 Nobel peace prizes.

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    So like the same situation with those fishing boats? Just going to go and kill a bunch of people without a trial and claim they were cartels. ?

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    really wondering how USA is intending to fix mexico after having flodded their country with guns undermining the local goverment.

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    Mexico is one of few who have beaten the French…. If you just test Mexico, Mexico won’t test back… you just get fucked.

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      Them cartels ain’t no joke.

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