It's partially that he does it so often and partially that many of the claims are so outlandish that no one takes them seriously. Like saying he'll bomb Mexico. On the one hand, "he says lots of shit" and on the other "Ok, he won't REALLY bomb Mexico. He's just saying that. Someone will stop him from bombing Mexico. "

The media gatekeepers responsible for applying consequences through fatal stories aren't doing it to Trump because they have a vested interest in making sure politics doesn't become boring again.

It should be. What purpose would this serve? No concern for life or process. It speaks directly to how Trump sees those he considers less than him. If he were president again, how long until he threatens to bomb an American state passing laws he doesn't like?

It's all fine and dandy when it's brown people, but what about working class people protesting for unions and workers rights? What about women standing united for the right to bodily autonomy? When the lgbtq community throws bricks again for getting arrested for existing in public? When women's suffrage is in question and people start taking hammers to windows and chaining themselves to railings?

Every single thing he says should be considered prelude to the worst impulses of an unhinged and irresponsible mad man with more power than most people on earth could possibly dream of.

Don-Old Trump also suggested drinking bleach to cure Covid and using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes.

He’s so irresponsibly weird— and also clinically insane

Mexico is our second largest trading partner. Both Canada and Mexico are our closest allies. They provided aid to the US after 9/11 and Hurricanes Katrina and Harvey.

I'm not worried that this would start a war. I'm worried it would cause permanent tension between two friends.

Trumps Lebanon.

https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/lebanon/Isrlb997-02.htm

War on Terror 2: Mariachi Madness

They'll pull a Reagan and start buying drugs from the cartels.

What are you talking about bub?

The approach the USA has taken to declare war on has been an abysmal failure. I am pretty sure every single campaign of war on x has ended with x being now even more prominent than before.

Just like there are not jihadists left... oh wait.

Create a problem and claim yourself to be the best solution. "Drugs are bad. Give us more power to combat it!"

Point the finger at 5 immigrants every day and ask the power over 300 million people to fix it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_drug_trafficking_allegations

The Mexican politicians don’t want their families brutally tortured and killed.

We've lent Mexico military assistance before. The issue is that the cartels spring from a fundamental lack of control and governance in the areas in question, which means that foreign military means simply can't fix the problem. At best, it can suppress open symptoms for a few years.

The truth is we're winning against the cartels the same way we should have fought Al Qaeda, in the shadows. And by actually helping Mexico become less corrupt and more functional.

Sending the 101st in may be cathartic but it's not the right move. If things go badly then we can always default to a military occupation. But it really shouldn't be our first option. Or our second, or our tenth.