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Again? Previous Guy wants plans for war on Mexico because Frito Bandito [1]

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Date: 2023-03-30

Actual border war could become the norm in 2025, in time for the Sicario 3 premiere.

x If you’re horrified that Donald Trump has been secretly asking his political advisors to draw up plans for waging a war against Mexico if he becomes president again — he wants to carry out military operations against drug cartels without the permission of the Mexican government… — Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) March 30, 2023

DONALD TRUMP IS asking for a plan to wage war in Mexico, and the Republican Party is eager to give it to him. As he campaigns for a second White House term, Trump has been asking policy advisers for a range of military options aimed at taking on Mexican drug cartels, including strikes that are not sanctioned by Mexico’s government, according to two sources familiar with the situation. “‘Attacking Mexico,’ or whatever you’d like to call it, is something that President Trump has said he wants ‘battle plans’ drawn for,” says one of the sources. “He’s complained about missed opportunities of his first term, and there are a lot of people around him who want fewer missed opportunities in a second Trump presidency.” Trump lieutenants have briefed him on several options that include unilateral military strikes and troop deployments on a sovereign U.S. partner and neighbor, the sources say. One such proposal that Trump has been briefed on this year is an October white paper from the Center for Renewing America, an increasingly influential think tank staffed largely by Trumpist wonks, MAGA loyalists, and veterans of his administration. www.rollingstone.com/...

(2021) With the coronavirus pandemic raging, Stephen Miller, the architect of Mr. Trump’s immigration agenda, had urged the Homeland Security Department to develop a plan for the number of troops that would be needed to seal the entire 2,000-mile border with Mexico. It is not clear whether it was officials in homeland security or the Pentagon who concluded that a quarter of a million troops would be required. The concept was relayed to officials at the Defense Department’s Northern Command, which is responsible for all military operations in the United States and on its borders, according to several former senior administration officials. Officials said the idea was never presented formally to Mr. Trump for approval, but it was discussed in meetings at the White House as they debated other options for closing the border to illegal immigration. Mr. Esper declined to comment. But people familiar with his conversations, who would speak about them only on condition of anonymity, said he was enraged by Mr. Miller’s plan. In addition, homeland security officials had bypassed his office by taking the idea directly to military officials at Northern Command. Mr. Esper also believed that deploying so many troops to the border would undermine American military readiness around the world, officials said. www.nytimes.com/...

x the film was shot in Mexico during the civil war and included staged as well as real battles. some of the footage captured was quite grotesque. pic.twitter.com/iaj2nKtAK6 — Joseph (@aestheticist_) March 26, 2023

x This is no different when trump watched Sicario right about the time the caravan was coming so he could talk about the van and duct tape. No different when he wanted to wear a Superman shirt after he beat covid. He watches way too much television. — E Conaway (@econaway17) March 25, 2023

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