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Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after cartels
(www.independent.co.uk)
No Epstein comments here yet. The distraction is working!
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2025
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I hope this forces Latin America to have it's own coalition like AU or EU
Take note how few people are commenting/demanding the Epstein files now compared to a few weeks ago.
The zone has flooded.
Mexico is one of few who have beaten the French…. If you just test Mexico, Mexico won’t test back… you just get fucked.
Them cartels ain’t no joke.
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.
I don't think we have enough time or crayons for that
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?
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.
that would be REALLY, REALLY stupid
You know he is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY stupid right?
He technically can't declare war.
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…
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.
We've actually only made things worse in regards to both.
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.
No but he might declare a Special Military Operation. To be over in 3 days, also.
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.
Don't forget Nigeria! You know, the oil rich African country with 60 million military aged (18-35) men.
There's so much terrible news all the time, I legitimately don't know if we've threatened to attack Nigeria or not
He has.
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...
At least we know that imdex finger is out of fucks.
You don't need that finger for gran Turismo...
Good point! I haven't played 6 in a while.
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!
Throw in a land war in Asia
Classic blunder
So peaceful. Give this man 2 Nobel peace prizes.
If he incurs on Mexico, I fully expect Mexico to declare war.
Texas is gunna find out real quick what is like being a buffer state. Hope you assholes get the day you voted and/or were too lazy to vote for.
Not to worry. That perfect impenetrable wall that Trump had built during his first term will protect us all from the Mexican army.
If the cartels turn Trump and his fellow MAGATs into gas station attendants, I wouldn't mind. They are also welcome to burn down the ballroom.
The shithead-in-chief wants a war so he can declare martial law and end our chance to rid ourselves of his cancer.
Hopefully cancer will rid us of him first. All the medical talk about him recently has me hopeful.
This must be how the people in a Civs world must feel. Like things, just not making any sense.
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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
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.
Just a special military operation, 4 days maximum
“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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He’s not going for cartels, the US supplies cartels with weapons and gives drugs to the US. That’s their cash cow!
He is going because the political parties the US funds in Mexico are loosing popularity and they need to interfere before it’s too late.
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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