Summary

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum dismissed reports of a potential U.S. “soft invasion” to combat cartels as “entirely a movie,” emphasizing Mexico’s sovereignty as a free, independent nation.

The Rolling Stone report claims Donald Trump’s incoming administration is considering covert military operations in Mexico, including airstrikes and assassinations of cartel leaders.

While Trump and key officials like Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio support such measures, experts warn they could backfire by boosting cartel recruitment, undermining Mexican sovereignty, and fostering cartel-Mexican authority collaboration.

  • Blackout
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    853 months ago

    He’s not even in office yet and threatening war with Mexico. This is going to be a long 4 years

    • @RamblingPanda
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      343 months ago

      *Soft war. Just the tip.

      I still can’t believe America voted for this. Holy shit.

      • @[email protected]
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        183 months ago

        The Nazis annexed 3 neighbors without even firing a shot.
        The US doesn’t even have 3 neighbors.

          • @[email protected]
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            63 months ago

            Land connected countries I think it’s only two (direct neighbors): Mexico and Canada. Is there another country I’m missing? If we can continue down south we get into Guatemala and Belize. If we allow water traversal, then the Caribbean is full of places.

            I don’t see many of these locations not fighting back one way or another, either directly or through international responses. Germany at least had some casus belli for annexing territory through ethnic/cultural grounds and/or historical border European nation border changes. The US has no such thing to work with, we’d just be obviously complete assheads to annex anything at this point.

              • acargitz
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                33 months ago

                Welp, Guantanamo technically has a land border too.

                • @[email protected]
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                  43 months ago

                  Guantanamo is leased from Cuba, it’s not US territory. If you count that, you’d have to count every other US military installation.

              • Jack Hughman
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                23 months ago

                If we’re conting islands then we also have the bahamas, dominican republic, british virgin islands, anguilla, and st kitts & nevis

    • @[email protected]
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      113 months ago

      As long as it ends in 4 years. Otherwise it’s going to be much longer and much bloodier

    • @[email protected]
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      23 months ago

      You’re ignoring that he promised his followers that they wouldn’t have to vote, anymore…

      Don’t expect to ever be allowed to vote him out.

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