So, from what I can tell, the Trump Regime has now put all the nations in the entire Western Hemisphere on notice that, if they don’t play ball nicely with the US (bending their economic, domestic, and foreign policies to what profits US companies and curries the President’s favor), the US reserves the right to exercise a “law enforcement action” and take out their top leadership (we’ll figure out some charges beforehand, though).
And if their successors don’t play ball and move in the “certain direction” we want, regardless of whether they’re dictators or democratically elected or personally selected by the US, we’ll take them out, too.
Oh, and, Marco? A “law enforcement operation” doesn’t usually involve leaving boots on the ground, and threatening the folks not arrested with something “still worse” if they don’t truckle to the police department’s demands, and, oh, also open up their natural resources to the police department’s preferred vendors, and, also when it results in civilian casualties people get suspended and investigations take place.
Oh, I see, this line’s not about being truthful, that’s about coming up with an excuse for not seeking Congressional approval. All we’re doing is a “law enforcement operation,” not a war. Sure, Congress is supposed to be informed (if not approve) an actual war, but, well, even if carriers and jets and military personnel were all involved, it was only about arresting a Bad Guy (and his wife).
Of course, the Regime can pivot at an instant. If a plot of land we want to own / exploit / control doesn’t have a flourishing drug trade … no problem! We just invoke National Security as the catch-all phrase for The President can do what he wants, whenever he wants.
So now the heads of Cuba and Columbia and Mexico are also on notice that the choppers might be coming for them next.
Yeah. Invading Cuba has always ended well for the US.
People who were laughing about Trump trying to take over Greenland are not laughing now, since Trump has continued to bring up the subject …
In an interview with The Atlantic magazine published Sunday, Mr. Trump reiterated his wish to take over Greenland.
“We do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense,” he told the magazine.
… as has Rubio, and, naturally, even Steven Miller (or his wife) have dropped “hints” that the US is quite interested in taking over the place.
For “national security,” of course. For “defense.” Which he can always use as an excuse to act unilaterally, without any of what passes for Congressional oversight these days.
Also, lots of profitable minerals for Big Campaign Donors to extract. 🙄 The remarkable thing is that Trump isn’t even reticent about listing that as an opinion.