Jiang theorizes that anti-cartel moves may mask a deeper Washington conflict in which Trump is really targeting CIA-linked drug-running, human-trafficking, and shadow-finance networks.
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Drug Running
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...you know, in order to justify their human trafficking. Uh, uh, drug running ops and, and, and, and it's, it's all the same for..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...you know, in order to justify their human trafficking. Uh, uh, drug running ops and, and, and, and it's, it's all the same for..."
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"...you know, in order to justify their human trafficking. Uh, uh, drug running ops and, and, and, and it's, it's all the same for..."
"...Mexican cartels and to Colombia? He's just saying that wherever there's drug running, drug smuggling, we're going to attack. So, he's basically overstretching himself..."
"...gets most of its power because of these illicit activities through drug running, through human trafficking, through selling weapons, right? And so, if you..."
"...going to fund the most popular lucrative activities, right? Which includes drug running, which includes, you know, arms sales, which includes human trafficking, basically..."
"...that? Well, you attack their sources of funding. You attack their drug running operations. And so maybe that entire fleet in the Caribbean, it's..."
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Jiang's through-line is that a declining empire does not retreat cleanly.
Jiang's through-line is that American decline will not end in a peaceful handoff to China or Russia.
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