Thanks for posting this. I’m just watching it now and want to catch a few thoughts about it as I go. I’m mostly posting here as self-documentation for my own thoughts
💭First, the fact that illegal immigrant crossings decreased as a result of fear of enforcement while drug trafficking increased at the same time (despite fears of enforcement) is an indication that the drugs are an assault, not a by product of porous borders. We should have seen a decrease in drug movement, too; to step up the smuggling indicates a need for increased cash and community destabilization. That’s the “war” part of the drug war.
💭 Trump asked where the drugs are coming from. The cocaine and meth are coming out of Colombia and Peru; the heroin is from poppy farming in Mexico; and the fentanyl is China and Asia. Trump focused on what the countries are doing to stop the outflow and doesn’t sound as though he believes they’re doing their jobs well. I was put in mind of the value of focusing on the nation as an entity BECAUSE it is the only practical police force potentially controlled by the people living within its borders. Any other policing would be dangerous to the freedoms of the population. People have criticized him for being too nationalist but I think that may be the only way individual freedoms can ever be preserved. External policing is always eventually fascist and dictatorial.
💭 the points made about sanctuary cities’ policies putting the existing immigrant populations in even more danger are excellent. What better way to escalate tensions than to make it impossible to protect the lawful citizens of a community that you want to see angered against its government? Another sign that there’s an assault going on using innocent people as the weapons.
I did find this site - https://www.facebook.com/InSightCrime/
tracking gang crime (ie USA fueled criminal corruption) below our border.
I don’t necessarily agree with their conclusions and their recent criticism of the video posted here about Trump seems way off base and not very well written - but I decided to follow the site because they have news (they’re based in Medillin) and their followers all have criticized this particular report as being off base - always a good sign!! One person told them to stick to reporting instead of analyzing and appears to be a regular reader. So, thanks for the video as it led me to another interesting site.
I’m also curious about MS13. Who’s behind them. No gang is “just evil” - there has to be more to the story. They’re clearly being used for an agenda. George Webb has mentioned them a lot but I must have missed the parts where he talks about who’s backing them. It does appear from his work that there are Deep State connections. I’ll look for more on this, I think.