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Mexico suggests it would impose its own tariffs to retaliate against any Trump tariffs (apnews.com)

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Critical support for comrade Trump in his struggle against the imperialist NAFTA project!

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[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 1 year ago

zoidberg salute 2

[-] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 1 year ago

I have said this once I will say it agian, after Cuba, Mexico is the best positioned in Latin America to resist the United States

[-] QuillQuote@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

why?

Do you mean geographically or geopolitically/economically

[-] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Perhaps also culturally within its identity- and the fact half of the US is essentially just stolen Mexico, and their proximity to and close interactions with the YanKKKee devil. These combined with the direct proximity (border) and sheer size means what problems the US stirs up in Mexico will find their way back home (IMO).

[-] StalinistSteve@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I would be wary of the idea of America stealing Mexico, both states are on stolen land. Kinda like saying Michigan is stolen Canada.

[-] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

While you are not wrong that mexico is stolen land, it does pant an artificialy narrow picture of the United States to refuse to entertain the idea that the US then stole about 1/3rd to 1/2 of its area from Mexico. By not entertaining this idea we are hiding a large part of the US's Imperalism,

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[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 37 points 1 year ago

Are we just actually going to end up with the Ghost in the Shell timeline, where the US just completely declares war on Mexico and hires a fuckton of PMCs for it?