Those Mexicans are crazy clever. Next thing you'll hear, Mexican troops have captured the White House, some time in the early hours.
Mark my words!
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Those Mexicans are crazy clever. Next thing you'll hear, Mexican troops have captured the White House, some time in the early hours.
Mark my words!
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Canada announces US tariffs on hold for 30 days after Justin Trudeau holds ‘good phone call with President Trump’
There was no immediate announcement from the White House or Trump himself.
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Dog and pony shows
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Canada announces US tariffs on hold for 30 days after Justin Trudeau holds ‘good phone call with President Trump’
There was no immediate announcement from the White House or Trump himself.
I'm confused about why Canada is somehow being identified as a fentanyl producing country?
Also, Trump's absolutely going to take credit for the drop in fentanyl coming into the US that began last year - he won't earn that but he'll take credit it for it. We even have a thread on here talking about it: https://www.bluelight.org/community/threads/the-great-fentanyl-drought-of-24-usa.940028/
Glad they worked something out but being a bully to our allies is going to have consequences.
fentanyl is just the boogie man they're currently using for distraction.
let's take a look at the post he made to "truth" social today:
"I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States. These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our Country. We further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico. I look forward to participating in those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, as we attempt to achieve a “deal” between our two Countries."
are these 10,00 troops the same troops that were deployed in 2019 and 2021 during the biden administration? hmm. you tell me.
on the fentanyl issue, here are some stats from the (famously not left-leaning) cato institute:
- In 2021, U.S. citizens were 86.3 percent of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers—ten times greater than convictions of illegal immigrants for the same offense.
- Over 90 percent of fentanyl seizures occur at legal crossing points or interior vehicle checkpoints, not on illegal migration routes, so U.S. citizens (who are subject to less scrutiny) when crossing legally are the best smugglers.
- The location of smuggling makes sense because hard drugs at ports of entry are about 97 percent less likely to be stopped than are people crossing illegally between them.
- Just 0.02 percent of the people arrested by Border Patrol for crossing illegally possessed any fentanyl whatsoever.
it's pretty obvious what happened. trump shit himself because of the response to his stable genius tariffs and flip flopped, now trying to take credit for extinguishing a house fire he started.
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Just these two canadian lab busts had 85 kilos of fentanyl
Canadian Mounties bust massive drug 'super lab' linked to transnational organized crime
Canadian police dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug “super lab” in the country.
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'Merchants of death': Top player in Alberta's largest-ever fentanyl lab case sentenced to 16 years in prison
A man involved in one of the largest clandestine fentanyl labs ever uncovered in Canada has been sentenced to nearly two decades behind bars.
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Corrupt bureaucracy that mostly wastes tax payers money trimmed from the Government
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USAID to put nearly all staff on leave Friday; overseas missions shuttering
USAID announced that all "direct-hire personnel" will be placed on leave with some exceptions for those on "mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs."
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You realize that those programs are used to control other countries to get them to do what we want? It was one of the many tools in the American imperial tool box and Trump just got rid of itCorrupt bureaucracy that mostly wastes tax payers money trimmed from the Government
USAID to put nearly all staff on leave Friday; overseas missions shuttering
USAID announced that all "direct-hire personnel" will be placed on leave with some exceptions for those on "mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs."
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You realize that those programs are used to control other countries to get them to do what we want? It was one of the many tools in the American imperial tool box and Trump just got rid of it
So you support his actions then, I assume?
Those orgs did actually did do some good, not saying that using it to manipulate was good but now I assume the money from those programs is just getting skimmed by Elon's goons now so overall the actions are likely a net negative
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Elon and DOGE are not allocating or skimming money, they're stopping (tax payers) money from being irresponsibly allocated
It's like you picture elon in a hamburgler suit reversing a truck up to a hole in the wall of the treasury department and loading bags with money signs on them into the back of a truck
It's like you picture elon in a hamburgler suit reversing a truck up to a hole in the wall of the treasury department and loading bags with money signs on them into the back of a truck
You think something so absurd would happen? Rather than skimming money electronically?
Got any evidence to back up that claim?
It's crazy how easy it is to make/how small the space is to make it.Just these two canadian lab busts had 85 kilos of fentanyl
Canadian Mounties bust massive drug 'super lab' linked to transnational organized crime
Canadian police dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug “super lab” in the country.
'Merchants of death': Top player in Alberta's largest-ever fentanyl lab case sentenced to 16 years in prison
A man involved in one of the largest clandestine fentanyl labs ever uncovered in Canada has been sentenced to nearly two decades behind bars.edmontonjournal.com
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I think it's ridiculous you would believe musk is using DOGE to steal (small amounts of money to him) to further enrich himself considering how much he has to lose
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Money that NGO's and FEMA used to import and settle illegal immigrants in the U.S. was funelled through USAID. Catholic and Christian foundations also got money from USAID to resettle illegal immigrants. But that's ending now. Next is eliminating the bloated federal department of education since each state already has their own DOE