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minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoAre those people really Columbian citizens? I would not put it past Trump to just command ICE to land the next plane full of “somehow latin looking people” somewhere south of the border.
minus-squareOceanSoap@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down5·1 year agoIt’s a response to make them do it. And it worked. They caved.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year ago He’s reviving the old-school capitalist imperialism. It never went away…
minus-squareOceanSoap@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down36·1 year agoNothing wrong with throwing your weight around in this situation.
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoHe does that to strongarm companies into complying, because it works. It’s also setting an example for other countries to cooperate.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year ago Trump’s strong arming sounds so 19th century though 20th century too! If a government didn’t do what we wanted them to do, we just couped their government, and installed a dictator. I mean, how do you think Sadaam Hussein got into power?
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYes, it does have a lot of similarities.
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYou expect “reasonable” from the orange idiot?
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Are those people really Columbian citizens? I would not put it past Trump to just command ICE to land the next plane full of “somehow latin looking people” somewhere south of the border.
It’s a response to make them do it. And it worked. They caved.
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It never went away…
Nothing wrong with throwing your weight around in this situation.
He does that to strongarm companies into complying, because it works. It’s also setting an example for other countries to cooperate.
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20th century too! If a government didn’t do what we wanted them to do, we just couped their government, and installed a dictator.
I mean, how do you think Sadaam Hussein got into power?
Yes, it does have a lot of similarities.
You expect “reasonable” from the orange idiot?