Yeah, I know. I was using diction, & didn’t check before sending.
I assume smart bros like you know that kind of thing happens sometimes & can overlook it, but alas, the internet is going to internet. Thanks for pointing it out! :)
Yep. They are itching to shutdown the border and use Martial law to stay in power. It’s a win win in their eyes. They are provoking an international crisis. All because of their bigotry, greed and mental decline.
Exactly. I keep saying it but he is following the Hitler syllabus. He is trying to consolidate power and if he can start a war to galvanize his stupid violent base he will do it.
Keep your passports ready when you start asylum seeking.
I see Hegeseth doesn't understand his role. If he cannot say clearly that military options against Mexico (our ally) are off the table, how do you think Mexico will react?
I'm imagining a joint alliance rallying under Mexico, followed by sanctions, followed possibly by China. Who's gonna help us? Russia? They are hoping we fall.
Not to even mention the mass desertion of US troops for being forced into an unjust war. This man is dooming us.
Sorry - this US across the board is an unreliable partner in - anything. No country can trust Trump's administration to keep its word - including honoring Trump's own treaties.
This US has no friends. Trump is ensuring it is on its own.
Just keep in mind how large this country is. There isn't really an America, like a singular people, culture or views. It would be ignorant and prejudice to think of everyone here as the same, the same sort of ignorance and racism that is the MAGA party's ideals.
If the only problem was that Trump was an unreliable partner, the US' partners could endure his term in anticipation of sanity returning to US foreign and trade policy.
It isn't.
This entire GOP is Trumped. And by the end of Trump47 much of the US govt will be a kleptocratic oligarchy.
Off-topic: It's visible that he's uncomfortable in his position. I sense a little 'imposter syndrome' going on in his head.
On-topic: Disturbing take on confronting issues caused by American weapons and American drug demands. Maybe HHS Secretary should tackle the drug issue - oh, wait.
the "drug cartels" are just factions within the mexican army and police that have received weapons and training from the US government in order to terrorize campesinos and indigenous people so that they vacate their lands, allowing US corporations to move in.
I'm starting to weirdly be able to empathize with the people who were living in countries right before they became full-blown autocracies. I think the time has come to have serious conversations about staying for the fight versus leaving.
What was that the MAGA cult said? Oh yeah, Trump is the President of peace - no wars. Now DUI Pete is adding Mexico to the threat of military invasion.
Exactly. We are completely in lockstep with Mexico in Trump’s mind. Border, trade deficit, Trump and the present administration is not our friend. We need to look for other trading partners. I suspect there are a few watching knowing they are next on the ax.
Being unable to determine the difference between an ally and a foe, a patriot and a traitor, the data from scientific studies and conspiracy theories, s/b determining factors when nominating Cabinet Secretaries, etc. A few common sense requirements would help make confirming nominees more effective.
What other crimes is Hegseth planning to commit on behalf of the tangerine Palpatine? Congress needs to make it clear that only they can declare war and that neither Trump nor Hegseth are allowed to do anything to cause wars.
Even the mother of Hegseth will tell you he’s a scumbag. When a guy‘s own mother says he’s a scumbag he’s a scumbag. I hope he gets cancer and I hope he suffers for a very long time before he dies.
Trump and the GOP saw Putin-style government where oligarchs run the country and steal the wealth and decided that was a good idea. This is the result of that. We will be isolated and subservient to lawless, sociopathic billionaires.
It's the only plausible explanation for why Trump would annihilate the world's largest (& economically beneficial) trading bloc - UMSCA (negotiated by Trump) - and alienate your neighbours with his ongoing poisonous rhetoric. It does not benefit the US in any way, shape, or form.
That makes two of us. We can't help Ukraine defend itself against Russia or - God forbid - join NATO, because that's warmongering. But threaten Canada for no reason whatsoever, that's...well...
The Marine in me believes that the military will not follow "questionable" orders. The military is sworn to uphold the Constitution, not one man with dictatorship goals.
Unfortunately, the military bases are bathed in propaganda from Fox News and the troops are told what to think. They may go into the military to uphold the Constitution, but there are still plenty who have been radicalized by the right.
No, expand it to be the Canal Grande. Dig a replacement for the Panama Canal all the way through on the US/Mexico border instead of a wall. That will solve the problems with migration, everybody that comes there will just get a shovel in their hands, he get's he's canal, lots of birds with one stone
True that!! I’ve been asking him every minute of every day to take this moron and the rest of the fucking GOP along for the ride and they’re all still here!!!
I was thinking more along the lines of people who specifically would want to go to war. While we lost the popular vote, I think a large portion of trump voters are just TRAGICALLY misinformed and aren’t literally evil. But maybe about half of them actually are well aware, and are legitimately evil.
23%, they have never been anywhere near half the country. Our problem was the clueless who saw, thanks to moronic media,no difference between the candidates and no inclination to actually look
It is all about getting the win for them. MAGAs would kill their kids in favor of owning the libs...oh wait, they already do that since school shootings are a total way of life here.
I guess it doesn't matter that Mexico is an ally, one that hasn't overtly attacked us. If we do this, every country in Central and South America will be against us, potentially resulting in the Panama Canal being closed to us. I'd expect that even civilians will get involved with the fighting.
I just read a clip from Mike Johnson spkr of the house saying that the Jan 06 INSURRECTION was a "peaceful protest."
The trumpery family and supporting buttheads can try to repaint truth all they want but they can't evade the facts.
Rump will manufacture a crisis to give reason to attack for fox propaganda cult. Any sane person knows the cartel is not sitting at the border firing any shots. That's not how it works, sane people🤬
If the cartels generated the trillions of dollars that is advertised they have people everywhere. If you threaten their backyard, wouldn’t that put a target on you? Wouldn’t that put a target on our military? You’re going to create a failed state next door? They don’t play by any rule. Total lunacy!
The cartels are pretty freaking smart. Not sure they really wanna hit Dallas Houston or San Antonio, Texas. They’ll probably be pretty strategic with their Marks. They know how to use social media and they watch the news.
How is the herion is in every zip code in the US The cartels pay off border patrol agents judges congressman It is a cost of business. They know who is coming They may infact turn in the location of a small dealer a Again cost of doing business
They haven’t done that already because they feared it would trigger use of the US military against them. If US does that anyhow, deterrence to strike prominent US politicians (and their families) is gone.
Just an FYI the last 2 times the US attempted to invade Canada we beat your ass back to Washington, DC and the last time we burned your White House to the ground. WE weren’t even a fully fledged country then with a real army, just a bunch of farmers, a few British soldiers and lots of First Nations.
Drinking again? He says, we’ve been protecting other people’s border. He cannot even speak simple English, but is in charge of the world’s most powerful military. Nothing to worry about, everything will be A-OK.
Funny how they want to starve all of us but increase government spending in the military so they can start wars with our neighbors. Make is make sense.
It has always been about money and power and increasing it. They don’t care about the average citizen. We are expendable to them. Maybe it’s always been this way, but it’s in our faces now.
What the actual hell is wrong with him??? There all a band of miserable, deplorable miscreants, Trump and his cronies, there are dangerous and unhinged... I don't know what there smoking but damn a little common sense please.
Anyone in the military who can get out, better do it now. They're gonna throw the military into illegal and immoral activities, and they're not going to care how many of our soldiers get killed or maimed. Get out now before you pay for Dump's idiocy!
Ok military folks, Dump's getting ready to send you to Gaza to finish up Netanyahu's ethnic cleansing for him. No one should have to follow immoral orders like this! Resist by getting out of the military ASAP.
That.
Of all the things people do to oppose dictators and dictator wannabes, there are two said dictators love above all :
1) electoral boycott to protest against them.
2) resignations in the police, justice or military to protest against them.
The command structure of the military and intelligence services has been gutted and replaced with loyalist cronies with zero consideration for competence. Those cronies are now talking about a dubious offensive war. Anyone who has studied military history knows damn well how that ends.
Especially for enlisted people on the ground! Shit definitely rolls downhill in the military, and from Dump's inexperienced and untrained crony leadership there are going to be lots of shitty orders.
Yep. You send a bloated military into a land war with its allies with very low public support, inept high command and an overall gutted government and you have the recipe for a total clusterfuck, the result being casualties America hasn't seen since WW2
What happened to this...
The Posse Comitatus Act is a US federal law passed in 1878 that generally prohibits the use of the US military for domestic law enforcement purposes. Are they declaring war on the Cartels, they will get burned.
As enlisted military, you could end up a prison gaurd at Gitmo (if they ever get organized to rebuild it) because that's not US soil. Wouldn't that be a hell of a job? Also they could send you to die attacking Panama, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, or Ukraine. Not US land.
I was in the military, and was focusing on their idea of using the military for law enforcement on the border. Also Congress, must declare war before sending anyone to a conflict, but you know, the rule of law is out the window.
Yeah, that didn't stop them from going headlong into W. Bush's disastrous wars in the Mideast. We have to keep public sentiment firmly where it is--almost no one wants to start a new foreign war over Dump's ridiculous territory ambitions!
Total authoritarian move: after you screw everything else up, threaten to invade another country. Pete: are you SURE the military is in the orange menace's pocket?
I don't Hispanic military willing to invade their mother country and killing people. And if Trump/Hegseth really have the hubris to believe they can get away with it, it ain't gonna be Grenada baby.
They won't be able to say it's only drug kingpins they're seeking. Mexican feds will push them back.
...this would be the biggest mistake of all time. Most of the southwest are Mexican or Mexican immigrants.
The best option would be to get a better Administration.
When I lived in the US, my favourite was "next to Australia right?" (I was impressed, but then they continued) "and both off Holland... near Europe" (ok normal service resumed).
If you ever find abundant oil or rich lithium deposits anywhere near you, they’ll learn really quick where you are. So if that happens, best just keep it quiet and stick with milk, wool, and those delicious apples you grow over there and you’ll be fine. :) …Oh and actors and movie directors too.
Yes, a number have been purchasing citizenships there and will likely plunge New Zealand into Technofeudalist Neoreactionary/NRx Neo-Fascism when the timing suits them.
I still maintain that the development of the Bob Semple and Schofield tanks were part of an elaborate 5D chess strategy by New Zealand that involved removing themselves from all world maps while everyone else was too busy laughing to notice. And that's why they were never invaded during WWII.
And begin new ones on Allies. That was in the inference. No war with say Iran, China, Russia but yes war with Allies including Mexico and Denmark. Cause that makes sense. ‘Merica.
Denmark has 58,000 people in its military, the US has 2,100,000. Bluster helps no one — the collapse of nato would be an unmitigated disaster for all involved, not a wake up call. That’s not even considering nuclear weapons
US with poor leadership due to phony generals, real ones will almost all be replaced with phony ones, will finally get their asses kicked like Russian troops have been in Ukraine. The orange felon wants the Putin way to be his too.
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Where the fck are the Democrats we elected? They aren’t even saying anything that I can find!
I assume smart bros like you know that kind of thing happens sometimes & can overlook it, but alas, the internet is going to internet. Thanks for pointing it out! :)
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/11/yes-donald-trump-antichrist
Keep your passports ready when you start asylum seeking.
This 💩 has got to stop!
Not to even mention the mass desertion of US troops for being forced into an unjust war. This man is dooming us.
This US has no friends. Trump is ensuring it is on its own.
Sadly, my point stands.
NATO partners with the US through its administration. Trump and his GOP are not allies upon which one can rely.
Canada and Mexico both entered into new free trade agreements with the Trump45 admin. Trump's tariffs break their terms.
It isn't.
This entire GOP is Trumped. And by the end of Trump47 much of the US govt will be a kleptocratic oligarchy.
Sad.
On-topic: Disturbing take on confronting issues caused by American weapons and American drug demands. Maybe HHS Secretary should tackle the drug issue - oh, wait.
have more integrity and better brains then this dumb fucks .
Trump is gonna finish us all 😂😂🤣
he didn’t do it before with Covid
but he sure as fuck will this time .
America has never won a war on its own.
He is dangerous!😠
Let's eat Grandma
Commas are important
Did he mean that we shouldn't engage in future wars or was he cheering on new wars?
Our trading partners?
How about starting a new war?
"Won't The American People want justification they can belive?"
They didn't the last time.
"Great idea! RUN THAT BABY!"
DRUNK,EVIL, IGNORANT...
Talking as if they make policy…. 🫤 because they do.
Imagine these liars to the country having influence over the heads of state.
We going to War with Mexico?
For what?
I hate these incompetent white supremest,
https://www.socratic-method.com/quote-meanings/maximilien-robespierre-the-king-must-die-so-that-the-country-can-live
Hegseth will crash, let’s hope it’s w/ minimal damage.
He just got rewarded for being a drunkard why would he stop?
Trade and physical.
FUCK THE GOPee💀💀💀💀💀
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Next time she sees him, the President of Mexico will probably slap him silly...
It is all about getting the win for them. MAGAs would kill their kids in favor of owning the libs...oh wait, they already do that since school shootings are a total way of life here.
The trumpery family and supporting buttheads can try to repaint truth all they want but they can't evade the facts.
GOP pro-predator
Things are about to get a whole lot worse for any women in his orbit. He's basically untouchable.
I think it’s nap time
BUY CANADIAN
It’s required viewing in Canada.
https://youtu.be/GLRGz63mCvY?si=OB2FMLgJC5g9h9JZ
Of all the things people do to oppose dictators and dictator wannabes, there are two said dictators love above all :
1) electoral boycott to protest against them.
2) resignations in the police, justice or military to protest against them.
The Posse Comitatus Act is a US federal law passed in 1878 that generally prohibits the use of the US military for domestic law enforcement purposes. Are they declaring war on the Cartels, they will get burned.
Guess that should be the new motto for our country.
They won't be able to say it's only drug kingpins they're seeking. Mexican feds will push them back.
The best option would be to get a better Administration.
Noone mentions this.
Just deporting undocumented Americans would be a good start.
Bullies should always be challenged.
What would the false orange idol do if they asked Russia for help?
Also GOP: Let's bomb Latin American countries.
This will literally precipitate the collapse of the entire world order
Fight the F back.
A sort of border hinterland & sphere of influence, to be manipulated.
US never had friends.