Jiang says Trump is oddly widening the Caribbean posture toward Mexican cartels and Colombia, which suggests strategic overstretch if the true goal were simply to attack Venezuela.
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Mexican Cartels
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...aggression towards canada including trump's discussion of using special forces against mexican cartels his um rhetoric against cuba the embargo against cuba you know..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...aggression towards canada including trump's discussion of using special forces against mexican cartels his um rhetoric against cuba the embargo against cuba you know..."
Key Notes
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.
Jiang predicts that Trump may redirect pressure toward Mexican cartels, which he describes as tied to the CIA, a global deep state, and transnational financial elites.
Timestamped Evidence
"...is that Trump has talked about expanding this war to the Mexican cartels and Colombia and you're just like, what is he doing here?..."
"...don't know, right? So because Trump talks about going after these Mexican cartels, well who finances these Mexican cartels who runs these Mexican cartels,..."
"...is that I think Trump may turn his attention to the Mexican cartels because that's where the real money is. Right. These Mexican drug..."
"...aggression towards canada including trump's discussion of using special forces against mexican cartels his um rhetoric against cuba the embargo against cuba you know..."
"...Trump also mention that they're ready for ground attacks on the Mexican cartels as well. So your larger view of things transpiring in South..."
"...be throughout the entire region. So he might strike at some Mexican cartels might strike at Columbia. So it will seem sporadic. It will..."
"...war you know Trump has talked about Mexico going after the Mexican cartels and so I"
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