Of all the weird and reckless things Donald Trump has signaled he would do in his restored presidency, a dark-horse contender for the weirdest and most reckless is his proposal to launch a war of aggression against Mexico.
For years, in speeches, interviews, and a self-narrated video on his campaign website, the former and perhaps future president has threatened to send military assets, including “Special Forces, cyber warfare and other overt or covert actions” into Mexico to “inflict maximum damage” on the drug cartels for their importation of lethal fentanyl and other drugs. This oft-repeated pledge comes from the same man who calls himself the only president in recent memory not to have started any new wars.
Mexico naturally rejects and condemns this unambiguous military threat against its sovereignty. Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO as the leftist leader is known, last year lambasted this “offense against the people of Mexico.” Xóchitl Gálvez, the conservative opposition presidential candidate who recently lost, implored her fellow conservatives in the US: “Rather than threats, we should work in a smart way.” AMLO even issued a noteworthy warning to the Republican Party that the popular politician could make it known to the Mexican diaspora in the US to vote against the GOP. ….more
