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Mexico’s president says ‘there will be no invasion … it’s absolutely off the table’ after news reports of order

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has rejected the idea that the US might invade Mexico after news reports suggested Donald Trump had authorized the use of military force targeting drug cartels deemed terrorist organizations in Latin American countries.

“The United States is not going to come to Mexico with their military,” she said during a daily news conference on Friday. “We cooperate, we collaborate, but there will be no invasion. It’s off the table, absolutely off the table.”

The Mexican president said her government had been informed of the executive order but insisted that “it had nothing to do with the participation of any military or any institution on our territory. There is no risk that they will invade our territory.”

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[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's also a stupid idea. Don't know what you were trying to accomplish by bringing that up.

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Both are related in the deployment of military forces in other countries. So lets compare the stupidity of the idea, which is worse? Or both are equal in their stupidity? I guess since Canada has a smaller population concentrated only at the US border it would be less difficult than Mexico in a shooting war for the US. Since Trump is "commander in chief" of the armed force I guess he could order such invasions? Would the military follow the order because of the law and command hierarchy? asking for a friend

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They are both monumentally, America-ending levels of stupid.

Starting an armed conflict with either country would result in the dissolution of NATO (Europe would cut all ties with America militarily), have thousands of soldiers taken as POWs by European forces at the Euro bases, Result in massive "terrorist" attacks across America because Mexican or Canadian people (or sympathisers) are invisible in American Society, (Just look to how Russia got torn apart trying to occupy Ukraine because they couldnt tell friend from foe due to language and culture similarities)

and it would be a clear and concrete signal to anyone who dissents the Trump regime that The Republican party and Trump are enemies of the state, and they'd have no option left but to kill or be killed.

the world is already a tinderbox thats close to blowing thanks to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Israel trying to settle every score it can before Bibi loses power, and various other shitstorms, and you're questioning which of the two grenades will cause a smaller explosion of said tinderbox?

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you underestimate the power of the Central Intelligence Agencies, they can achieve any mission on any continent. Using space technology, like Starlink satellites 🛰, they can command the globe.

E pluribus unum. 👁

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Cool bro. the CIA has nothing to do with the domestic problem in America.