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Report: Trump's call to Mexican president was done in humiliating and threatening way

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Lexxism

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So Germany, France, everyone in the United Nations, Canada, Japan... they'd just sit back and let America invade another nation without provocation?

I feel like even the rest of the world has a tipping point, and America's "mighty" goes to our heads far too quickly (and our track-record isn't exactly spotless since WWII).

I mean, other than Trump's "I'll nuke anyone who opposes me" policy...
Yes. If US will add Canada among the countries they will invade, we are on our own. No one will bother helping us if US decided to invade our country. This is pretty much will apply to Mexico too.
 

PSqueak

Banned
I'm gonna need Mexican-GAF to tell me if Aristegui is the real deal, because I just checked the original source and the whole conversation sounds insane.

Aristegui is indeed considered a solid source as a general consensus, but as with everything, be critical of every source.
 

Ac30

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You could perhaps try like...help Mexico? I mean, helping to make the nation safe(r) would likely stop illegal immigration, the drug trafficking and whatever else, pretty significantly. But I'm probably crazy.

No see by fucking them over economically they'll stop people from crossing into the US

Wait
 
Every day I feel more and more like Kif Kroker.

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I think this is appropriate then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=406KqNDgKuI

Edit: Actually, espeically this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs38jr7ool8
 

Dehnus

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Ya thats not gonna happen.

If it does get that far, I do hope it happens. But I'm inclined to agree with you, Europe has it's own Alt Reich problem. And besides that many would rather side with fascists than to do the "good and noble thing".

So if it does get that far, I'm sure most of Europe will be under "Fuhrer Frauke and her many fascists friends".
 

slit

Member
The rest of the world absolutely can step in and stop him, especially if Trump gets involved in too many confrontations and ends up spreading the military too thin

They absolutely cannot from a military point of view without wiping out the entire planet. You are living in a fantasy because you don't like the situation as it is and neither do I. I'm simply telling you where the technical arm of military might is. Do other nations have nukes? Sure, but then the whole planet becomes a melted fireball and everyone loses.
 

Akuun

Looking for meaning in GAF
This guy can't stop threatening everyone with violence huh? Every day he just saber rattles and yells at everyone.

The US leadership is starting to look like North Korea's, except with working missiles.
 

Micael

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I'm gonna need Mexican-GAF to tell me if Aristegui is the real deal, because I just checked the original source and the whole conversation sounds insane.

You speak as if a conversation involving trump sounding insane doesn't make it seem more legit XD.
 

Pagusas

Elden Member
are we going to have a "mr. president tear down that wall" moment in like 8-16 years when a Dem gets back in charge?
 

Snagret

Member
I hope he does. That's how the President lost his job in Clear and Present Danger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWwN-yDCjOM
Trump could literally hit the DEFCON button and cause the world to destroy itself and right up to the moment the nuclear fire melted their flesh and disintegrated their bones, his supporters would still applaud his tough decision-making skills. There's nothing he can do at this point that the American population would unanimously disapprove of.
 
So Germany, France, everyone in the United Nations, Canada, Japan... they'd just sit back and let America invade another nation without provocation?

I feel like even the rest of the world has a tipping point, and America's "mighty" goes to our heads far too quickly (and our track-record isn't exactly spotless since WWII).

I mean, other than Trump's "I'll nuke anyone who opposes me" policy...

Yes, it would be like Russia and Ukraine, no one would stand up for it. And seeing how much Trump is playing by their playbook...
 

Funky Papa

FUNK-Y-PPA-4

Yeah, I read as much. Apparently the article was penned by a certain Dolia Estevez and I see it's getting a lot of coverage across a number of Mexican sites. This doesn't look good at all.

It is bewildering. It is pure insanity. It really reads like a shakedown. It's just so outright insane it's hard to believe that even Donald Trump would go that far.
 

Nerazar

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This guy can't stop threatening everyone with violence huh? Every day he just saber rattles and yells at everyone.

The US leadership is starting to look like North Korea's, except with working missiles.

It's still more like Russia threatening its neighbors, because they behave badly. If Putin doesn't like someone, he will send in his Little Green Men. But the GDP of the US might take a hit after Trump's "reforms" and because his genius "negotiation skills" and get close to North Korea after all.
 

jmdajr

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Yeah, I read as much. Apparently the article was penned by a certain Dolia Estevez and I see it's getting a lot of coverage across a number of Mexican sites. This doesn't look good at all.

It is bewildering.

Trumps a fucking idiot, but I didn't think he would do something like this. Just adds to the list of horribleness if true.
 

adj_noun

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"I don't need the Mexicans, I don't need Mexico," Trump reportedly told the Mexican president. "We are going to build the wall and you all are going to pay for it, like it or not."

Paging Mark Hamill
 
Here's how I imagine the phone call went:

"Look, Hombre, you are going to... I mean, I won the election. Like, REALLY big won. I beat Jeb, so you got to talk to me now. Ok? And, by the way, we're building a wall. You guys are going to pay for it. Ok? No more games. I like Cuervo Gold, but I'm not going to drink that anymore. You know why? Because it should have been made HERE, in the USA. All you Jose's are ruining the US economy. We're bringing it back and we're kickin' you's guys out. CNN can't save you. People don't buy that fake news crap. Bannon told me everything. Everything. There's no more NAFTA. No more immigration. So, now. Time to pay up. If you don't, I'm taxing the SHIT out of your Guacamole. By the way, this phone call was collect. We're not paying for this crap anymore either."
 

PKrockin

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His supporters will approve of this because dirty brown people. Why can't I live in the timeline with a taco stand on every corner?
 

PopeReal

Member
I hope there are enough smart people in the military to not go die for Trump and Putin. I would rather see America in turmoil than bring their death and destruction to other countries.
 

Micael

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Mexico needs to stand strong, don't give into his bullying. Help sane America put the current iteration of the GOP into the dustbin of history where it belongs.
 

PopeReal

Member
Guys he's not going to invade Mexico. Jesus.

"Guys he's not going to......" is one of my most hated posts in Trump threads. Just saying. You are welcome to your opinion but I have heard this for the last year and it is usually wrong. Go look at old Trump threads for yourself.
 

Hari Seldon

Member
Which they won't get because their economy is massively inferior to that of the US, also they will be way too busy negotiating with the EU to even have enough negotiators to sign a deal within trump presidency (lets assume he just gets 4 years).

They probably will get a good deal with the US because Trump is the type of guy that if you flatter him and play his game he will probably give you what you want lol.

Trump is not invading Mexico lololol.
 

Funky Papa

FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Hm, how many times have i heard that in the past months.

The government would implode before that. It's not happening. Trump is an narcissist idiot, but he's beholden to the powers that be.

But if the reports are true, that could very well be the biggest, most grotesque breach of diplomacy ever committed by the POTUS.
 

PopeReal

Member
Guys he's not gonna enact a Muslim ban.
Guys he's not gonna repeal Obamacare.
Guys he's not gonna let Bannon run the country.

Jesus.

I think some people just like to roll their eyes and feel superior, even though they get proven wrong time and time again. That middle man soap box feels so good. They can't resist.
 
https://www.aol.com/article/news/20...-and-threatening-tone-trump-lambast/21705130/

Fuck Peña Nieto. What a pusillanimous president we have. And what a president you have guys



Note: Fucked up title, mod can add the word "way"?

In relation to this event specifically why do you wail on your president in the first line? Trump is unhinged, not knowing what to say I reckon is a healthy reaction.

You wanted him to say what he thought; " fuck You mr trump" and have this crazy guy send in an army or destroy a whole economy to repair his ego?

We are all appeasing trump now - there isn't much choice until the GOP stand up to him.
 

i-Lo

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The question I'm asking myself at this point is... will Americans stop him first, or will the rest of the world have to step in and stop him?

When the current polls state the numbers that are in favour of Trump's series of acts, you have to consider it a problem with the country and not just the government. I don't see this train stopping before it actually is wrecked either by outsiders or equally significant, civil war. And a bit OT but either one will provide ample opportunity to Russia to further its expansionist policy without much intervention.
 

Tater Tot

"My God... it's full of Starch!"
I'm gonna need Mexican-GAF to tell me if Aristegui is the real deal, because I just checked the original source and the whole conversation sounds insane.

Very respected. Dolia Estevez is the source though and she is a writer for Forbes
 
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