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| The Times, They Are A-Changin', and Mexico Gets It, Breaking Up Two Illegal Immigrant Caravans |
| 2024-12-02 |
[RedState] President-elect Donald Trump (still enjoying that) hasn't even taken office yet, but the impact of his election victory is already making itself felt across the land — and south of the border. In the latest example of this, the Mexican government has reportedly broken up two small illegal immigrant caravans headed for the United States.Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday. There would appear to be a catch: Some of the illegal immigrants were offered "transit papers," which presumably allowed them to continue. So not a complete fix; not yet. But it's a step. The usual suspects are already clutching at pearls. On Wednesday, Trump wrote that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had agreed to stop unauthorized migration across the border into the United States. Sheinbaum wrote on her social media accounts the same day that “migrants and caravans are taken care of before they reach the border.” The President-elect has already spoken with the Mexican president on this topic. But the interesting part of all this is the leadership aspect. Not in Mexico, mind you, but in the United States. President Joe Biden has, it seems, already been replaced. Oh, he still holds the formal trappings of the presidency. He still sleeps in the White House — at least, every now and then, when he isn't relaxing at his Delaware beach house. He still rides around on Air Force One, and (we note with no small apprehension) he still has nuclear weapons release authority. In negotiations with other nations, it sure looks like Donald Trump has already assumed the role of acting president. He has already been talking with other world leaders, and he has already been influencing those other leaders to take actions that Trump wants them to take. This Mexican action is a great example. The world doesn't seem willing to wait until Joe Biden finally shuffles off to Rehoboth Beach for keeps. They're talking with Trump already. That's probably for the best, and it speaks volumes as to the capacities of both men. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 President Trump is already behaving as if he's back in office. First Mexico and now Justin Trudeau are falling to their figurative knees because he's promised (not threatened) to do serious damage to their already wimpy economies if they don't. |
| Posted by: EMS Artifact 2024-12-02 11:08 |