“The U.S. cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals,” Petro wrote. Petro said even though there were 15,660 Americans without legal immigration status in Colombia, he would never carry out a raid to return handcuffed Americans to the United States. “We are the opposite of the Nazis,” he wrote, in a jab at Trump. Mexico also refused a request last week to let a U.S. military aircraft land with migrants.

  • @[email protected]English
    -77•1 month ago

    Guy just thinks he can bully entire countries to his will.

    He leads the US. He was handed the most powerful military in the world and one of the most influencial economies.

    He absolutely can bully whomever he wants.

    • @LedivinEnglish
      82•1 month ago

      Apparently Colombia and Mexico disagree, and they’re not even particularly powerful. Sounds more like the US is all bark, at the moment.

        • @[email protected]English
          15•1 month ago

          “Can” does not mean “should”.

          America has a long history of bullying Central and South America. The current situation is unfortunate, but not entirely surprising.

          • @[email protected]English
            5•1 month ago

            Im just not surprised by anything these days. Whatever is the worst thing I can think of happening is nearly always an underestimate.

            The United States is just an embarrassment on every level.

            • @SabinStargemEnglish
              1•1 month ago

              Personally, I am hoping it is part of a lifecycle, and that the dawn of a new golden age will happen after Reconstruction v2.0 has thoroughly removed the poison from America’s veins.

              • @[email protected]English
                2•1 month ago

                It might be, but this kind of change only happens with a blood sacrifice, and Americans won’t do that. So, this spell cannot be broken.

        • @LedivinEnglish
          1•1 month ago

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    • acargitzEnglish
      13•1 month ago

      For a while. Until the rest of the world decides to not subsidize US deficits any more by using the dollar as the reserve currency.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 month ago

        I’m admittedly not a genius when it comes to foreign exchange/international currency dynamics, but unless the Yuan became the reserve currency I think it would be a positive change for most of the world.

    • @MaggotyEnglish
      4•1 month ago

      It is a lot harder to use that military than people think though. And purging the officers only makes it harder. The best trained infantryman in the world can’t fight without bullets.

    • Max-PEnglish
      2•1 month ago

      With great power comes great responsibility.