World


Trump’s Big-Power Doctrine S


ince winning the election, President Donald Trump has repeatedly raised the idea of taking over the


Panama Canal from Panama and buying Greenland from Denmark. He also said that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state and is considering a “soft invasion” of Mexico to neutralize drug cartels.


ereign country and nothing would stay secret for long, they say, plus the cartels get a vote in what happens. Things could go bad fast, warns


Steven Bucci, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Washington is divided on the


MEXICO


Cartels a Tempting Target for U.S. Special Forces


BY JOHN ROSSOMANDO T


he mexican cartels have become a top national security problem for the U.S.


President Donald Trump dis-


cussed with advisers in November how best to “soft” invade Mexico to neutralize them. Debate in Washington has


focused on the legalities of sending U.S. special operations forces with- out the permission of the Mexican government. Those who have been in the


trenches with CIA and special ops see no upsides to this idea. Unlike conducting operations in


war-torn places like Pakistan’s tribal areas or Syria, Mexico is a stable sov-


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matter. Some such as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have proposed leg- islation authorizing the president to send U.S. special operations forces into Mexico. U.S. Army Delta Force operators reportedly assisted Mexican Marines capturing former Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán, better known as El Chapo. Bucci worries about U.S. troops


finding themselves in battles with cartel forces who have drones, sur- face-to-air missiles, rocket launch- ers, IEDs, etc. The Cato Institute released a


report in November criticizing the idea of intervening in Mexico. It noted that the cartels had become adept in guerrilla warfare tactics and that they operate in areas with lim- ited government control. “If the cartels’ leadership is weak-


ened, the vacuum might be filled by new criminal organizations, much as was seen in Afghanistan. Without strong governance, the cartels’ net- works could quickly reemerge,” the


CANADA


Trump Effect Fells Trudeau


BY DANIEL MCCARTHY W


inning the 2024 elec- tion was only the begin- ning — the


Trump effect is now sweeping the globe. From Canada to


Europe, left-liberal governments are tot- tering while right-lean- ing voters, especially young men, gravitate toward populist poli- tics and take inspi- ration from Donald Trump’s success. It’s almost as if Trump himself


TRUDEAU


were on the ballot in other advanced democracies. Polls showing Trump to be


more popular in Canada than Jus- tin Trudeau presaged Trudeau’s announcement in January of his res- ignation as the Liberal Party leader and impending replacement as prime minister.


Left-liberal leaders like Trudeau


are architects of their own ruin, to be sure: Like their counterparts in America’s Democratic Party, they’ve shown themselves to be economically inept and wildly out of touch with vot- ers’ desires to limit immigration. Trump may not be able to run for office in Canada, but he can and does


report said. “Although military action may


appeal politically, it’s unlikely to address the underlying governance issues in Mexico or substantially reduce drug trafficking into the U.S.”


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