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> This is such a strange hypothetical. The US is not expansionist, why would it attack Mexico? Mark Esper says in his memoir that Donald Trump in 2020 asked ab
by csense 2y ago
> This is such a strange hypothetical. The US is not expansionist, why would it attack Mexico?
Mark Esper says in his memoir that Donald Trump in 2020 asked about the possibility of launching missiles into Mexico to destroy the cartels' drug labs.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/us/politics/mark-esper-book-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/us/politics/mark-esper-bo...
- credit_guy 2y agoSo what? He asked, and presumably he got an answer. The answer was most likely that yes, it technically is possible, but it's not a good idea, because there are so and so issues with doing that. Did Trump insist, or he left it at that?
- parineum 2y agoSince that administration leaked like Niagra falls, I wouldn't take the information necessarily to mean that the hypothetical question was unique, just that it leaked. Given that he didn't launch any missiles, just like everyone else, I'm not sure there's anything to get worked up about.