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Jilly_in_VA

(14,624 posts)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:28 PM Oct 2025

Why is Shitler trying to start a war with all of South America (except Argentina)?

He's threatened Brazil, he's blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean and now in the Pacific. What is he trying to do, exactly? I don't think it's anti-drug. I think it's some kind of power grab and needs to be stopped.

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ananda

(35,504 posts)
4. It's more than that.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:39 PM
Oct 2025

He wants to control the resources there more
than anything else.

haele

(15,593 posts)
3. It's both a forced ideological conceit and attempt to paint opposition as as criminals.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:38 PM
Oct 2025

The conceit is that Democracy doesn't work, only Dictators are strong enough to rule nations.
And by painting all non-aligned hispanic nations or nations that complain about his dictatorial actions as being part of a criminal conspiracy of failed nations, he feels it allows him to justify the incarceration and deportation of anyone associated with those counties as criminals.
They're all bad people, because they aren't willing to bow down to him and his natural superiority. If they want to be his servants or agree with him - that's fine, means they're smart. Everyone else can go to jail.

NCDem47

(3,523 posts)
5. Putin and Jinping told him he could take the Americas and their resources...
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:44 PM
Oct 2025

If they could do the same with the rest of the world. Devy it all up. China and Russia equally going after Africa.

Think I'm kidding??

Mister Ed

(6,991 posts)
7. I've been wondering if the Extortionist-in-Chief wants a cut from the cartels.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:52 PM
Oct 2025

"Nice little drug-runnin' business ya got here. It'd be a shame if some massive military attack were to disrupt it."

Skittles

(172,851 posts)
10. Cadet Bonespurs gets a boner using the military as political props
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 06:23 PM
Oct 2025

really feeds into his dictator fantasies

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