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@fedia.io
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    62
    ·
    15 hours ago

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

      • superkret
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        12
        ·
        11 hours ago

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

        • philpo
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          7
          ·
          10 hours ago

          Uhm…You actually do.

          • superkret
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            10
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            10 hours ago

            Who the fuck are you calling "you*?

          • azimir@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            10 hours 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.

    • kautau@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      12 hours ago

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