A major increase in U.S. naval forces in the south Caribbean Sea has been underway since President Trump signed a directive targeting some cartels.

This seems to be because the courts have ruled that absent an actual war, Trump can’t use the Alien Enemies Act to put people in concentration camps or deport them.

I’ll also note that the US is also purging military leadership

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    For one, he needs a war to keep the immigration raids “legal”.

    Second, he needs a war to somehow rationalize military forces in our towns.

    Third, he needs a war to prevent elections and stay in power.

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      Second, he needs a war to somehow rationalize military forces in our towns.

      I’m thinking the opposite, the military forces in our towns are to crush the inevitable mass protests when he goes to war with Venezuela. Literally no one wants this, even MAGA pretty much all claim they voted for Trump for no more wars.

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        The cult is mentally ill. They will fall in line. They do not possess enough critical thought to put two and two together.

        All of the Epstein shit only dropped his approval from like 95 to 90% among R’s. Fascism won’t fizzle out. It will continue to spread like cancer until it is removed with violence.

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      A war will not prevent elections - America has a long history of holding elections on time, including during both World Wars and even the Civil War.

      If that truly is one of his goals, it’s dumb, and he probably got the idea from Ukraine. Ukraine did it to prevent Russia from installing a leader of their choosing.

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        See, you say that, but it’s 100% where he got the idea from, and so far, no one is stopping virtually anything he’s done. He will try it.

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    He is building a military confrontation with anyone and everyone he can, hoping something will stick.

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    Oil, little girls to rape, more ports. Trump is gonna move on this like a bitch or however he says it.