Take Trump’s Cartel War Rhetoric Seriously

Radley Balko reminds us that Trump has promised to carry out attacks in Mexico if he becomes president again:

The Mexican government has been pretty clear about their position on this: they would not go along with it. So let’s be clear about what Trump is proposing: he is proposing an invasion of Mexico. That means he is proposing a war with Mexico.

Trump’s history with this threat suggests we should take it more seriously than the typical bluff he spits during one of his campaign monograms. Rolling Stone reported last year that he had even then asked his advisers to put together a “battle plan” to implement shortly after his election. He also reiterated his promise in an interview with his running mate J.D. Vance did with Fox News last month (Vance is also completely in favor).

It would be foolish, ineffective, and illegal to use the U.S. military to attack Mexican cartels. as I to have discussed forso the only surprising thing here is that Trump didn’t do it when he was in the White House before. Trump’s hawkishness on this issue is what we would expect from a militarist like him, but we also have to keep in mind that most Republicans now support the ridiculous idea of ​​bombing and shooting our way out of a drug crisis. It’s something that unites Republicans in Washington from Lindsey Graham Unpleasant Tom Cotton Unpleasant JD Vance. Whatever differences of opinion they may have elsewhere, they are all in favor of the stupidest possible war here in our own hemisphere.