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Trump imposes harsh sanctions on Colombia for not accepting "repatriation" flights (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Yes, it does have a lot of similarities.

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