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Trump Threatens Mexico With US Military
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:28 am
by dales
President Trump Threatens to Send U.S. Troops to Mexico to Take Care of 'Bad Hombres'
Associated Press
11:44 PM Pacific
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop "bad hombres down there" unless the Mexican military does more to control them itself, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.
The excerpt of the call did not make clear who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres," — drug cartels, immigrants, or both — or the tone and context of the remark, made in a Friday morning phone call between the leaders. It also did not contain Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's response.
Still, the excerpt offers a rare and striking look at how the new president is conducting diplomacy behind closed doors. Trump's remark suggest he is using the same tough and blunt talk with world leaders that he used to rally crowds on the campaign trail.
A White House spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.
The phone call between the leaders was intended to patch things up between the new president and his ally. The two have had a series of public spats over Trump's determination to have Mexico pay for the planned border wall, something Mexico steadfastly refuses to agree to.
"You have a bunch of bad hombres down there," Trump told Pena Nieto, according to the excerpt seen by the AP. "You aren't doing enough to stop them. I think your military is scared. Our military isn't, so I just might send them down to take care of it."
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Re: Trump Threatens Mexico With US Military
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:33 am
by BoSoxGal
We are so fucked!
Re: Trump Threatens Mexico With US Military
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 6:16 am
by Bicycle Bill
Trump thinks we should get out of the UN (and kick the UN off American soil) because it is not America's job to be the world's policeman. But then he threatens to send US troops across the border in pursuit of 'bad hombres'.
We did that once before too, with "Black Jack" Pershing trying to chase down Pancho Villa in the early 20th century prior to WWI. That worked out well too. And of course remember all those bad ol' Commies we were chasing down in southeast Asia in the 1960s-1970s to prevent the dominoes from falling before we embattled Americans were the last one standing?
As I posited once before, those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And the fact that Trump has gone through at least four bankruptcies and is on his third marriages proves, at least to me, that when it comes to learning from past mistakes this guy is as thick as a brick.
-"BB"-
Re: Trump Threatens Mexico With US Military
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 11:18 am
by Econoline
Bicycle Bill wrote:As I posited once before, those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
And, unfortunately, those who *
DO* learn from history are doomed to watch our "leaders" repeat it...
Re: Trump Threatens Mexico With US Military
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 1:08 pm
by wesw
perhaps a few of the northern states in mexico would like to join our union?
#add some stars
#expand the senate
#free the south bank
#
Re: Trump Threatens Mexico With US Military
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 1:56 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Nasty stuff if true. Thank goodness it's all a leftie lie
Re: Trump Threatens Mexico With US Military
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:29 pm
by BoSoxGal
