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Look, I know that immigration is a contentious issue, but sanctioning a country for not repatriating its citizens is a disproportionate response. Trump and Co. are really obsessed with immigration to even do this. It says a lot what values they have.
He does that to strongarm companies into complying, because it works. It's also setting an example for other countries to cooperate.
I suppose, but we're talking about international diplomacy. And a modern one at that.
Trump's strong arming sounds so 19th century though. His open threat of taking Panama canal, Canada, Greenland, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico is so manifest destiny.
You expect "reasonable" from the orange idiot?
It's a response to make them do it. And it worked. They caved.
Yeah, I just saw the news that Colombia gave in.
Trump is going all in. He's reverting to the 19th century way of strong arming other countries over petty things. He's reviving the old-school capitalist imperialism.
If they won't take them, maybe we could put all these Columbians in some sort of District. A District of Columbia filled with criminals. Wait, we already have that.
Maybe the US should take back the US members of ISIS that have been left (along with the people from the other nations that joined ISIS) for the Kurds to keep.
He didn't quite stick the landing on his "destroy the US empire" speedrun last term, but he wasn't idle over the last 4 years and has come out the gate with a strong strategy this time around!
How does this destroy the US empire? It worked, Colombia caved within minutes.
"Criminals they forced into the United States" = "Invasion"
"Repatriation" != "Deportation"
Repatriation is what happens when you return a POW to their country of origin. Deportation is when you return a criminal to their country of origin.
POWs are not entitled to access to the criminal justice system. They can be held indefinitely without charges, or returned to their country of origin, without judicial oversight. Since deportation is a judicial process, POWs are not subject to deportation.
POWs are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of US law; Trump is arguing that the children of "invader-immigrants" can't be citizens.
The term repatriation is not in any way exclusive to POWs. It was, for example, used extensively during COVID when talking about voluntary repatriation of expats to their home countries.
True. I should have been more clear: Deportation requires the involvement of the judicial branch. Repatriation has no such requirement. "Repatriation" is a more generic term for returning to one's country of origin.
I did not mean to suggest that "repatriation" was exclusive to POWs, and I apologize if I gave that impression. I meant to distinguish between judicial and non-judicial.
illegal Criminals
As opposed to the legal kind.
That would be Wall Street
He's the president of the United States
Who? An illegal criminal?
HereBeter is saying that trump is a legal criminal... you know, since he has been found guilty of many crimes, yet hasn't had to have any consequences.
Clown gonna clown
Cool, more tariffs to punish…us?
His base see it as him punishing Columbia and they'll later be surprised at how much some things cost and blame liberals for it.
You're behind the news. Colombia caved within minutes. No tariffs. The idea was to push them to take their citizens back, and it worked.