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Trump imposes harsh sanctions on Colombia for not accepting "repatriation" flights (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He does that to strongarm companies into complying, because it works. It's also setting an example for other countries to cooperate.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I suppose, but we're talking about international diplomacy. And a modern one at that.

Trump's strong arming sounds so 19th century though. His open threat of taking Panama canal, Canada, Greenland, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico is so manifest destiny.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Trump’s strong arming sounds so 19th century though

20th century too! If a government didn't do what we wanted them to do, we just couped their government, and installed a dictator.

I mean, how do you think Sadaam Hussein got into power?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it does have a lot of similarities.