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minus-squareOceanSoap@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down5·2 years agoIt’s a response to make them do it. And it worked. They caved.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years ago He’s reviving the old-school capitalist imperialism. It never went away…
minus-squareOceanSoap@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down36·2 years agoNothing wrong with throwing your weight around in this situation.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·2 years 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-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years 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-up5·2 years 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-up4·2 years agoYes, it does have a lot of similarities.
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoYou expect “reasonable” from the orange idiot?
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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.
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.
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?