I already made an alt-future a while ago on the subject, a comedy of errors that spiral into a nightmare.
January 2025: The Republicans win the Presidential election and takes office. Within weeks, the administration unveils Operation Narco-Strike, a concerted effort to deal with the Mexican cartels and resolve the fentanyl crisis by cutting off cross-border supply. The plan involves missile strikes on cartel compounds and deploying special forces to eliminate key cartel leaders.
February-March 2025: The US initiates missile strikes against known cartel strongholds across the Mexican border. Several high-profile cartel leaders are assassinated in surgical strikes. US actions are condemned, emphasizing Mexican sovereignty and calling for international support against the perceived US invasion. This inadvertently gives the impression that the Mexican government is protecting the cartels, straining US-Mexico relations further.
April 2025: In retaliation, Mexican cartels begin abducting American tourists in Mexico. Initial hostages are used as leverage. The cartels broadcast threats, claiming that they have sleeper cells within Hispanic communities in the US, ready to strike. Unrest grows in Hispanic communities within the US due to increased paranoia and racism. Reports of hate crimes against Hispanic individuals surge, exacerbated by vigilante border militias. Cross-border violence escalates as trigger-happy militias engage in skirmishes and mob violence along the Texas border.
May 2025: The abduction of American tourists prompts a severe crackdown by US law enforcement. Raids are conducted in Hispanic communities across border states like Texas, Arizona, and California. Officers harass and detain numerous individuals under suspicion of cartel ties, often with flimsy evidence.
June 2025: Cartels, responding to the US harassment of their operations within America, begin to mutilate hostages. Graphic videos surface online showing the brutal treatment of American captives, worsening public outrage and demands for stronger military action. While the US administration tries to reassure its public, a massive car bomb explodes in San Diego, killing multiple people and amplifying fears of cartel operatives within the US.
August 2025: American public opinion is sharply divided. Calls for increased military action grow, matched by rising domestic anti-war sentiment. Anti-immigrant protests turn violent, leading to more clashes and further radicalizing Hispanic communities.
September 2025: Under pressure from hawkish elements and public fear, the US initiates a full-scale military campaign, Operation Border Shield, intended as peacekeeping but increasingly taking the shape of a conventional invasion. US troops cross into northern Mexico, engaging cartel fighters in urban and rural settings.
October 2025: The cartels adapt quickly, utilizing guerilla tactics honed over decades fighting the Mexican military. US forces face attacks not only from cartels but also resistance from local populations who view them as invaders. The insurgency resembles the quagmires of Afghanistan and Iraq but on a border that the US cannot feasibly seal. The cartels frame and romanticise themselves as patriotic defenders against colonial aggression, revolutionary guerillas and protectors of the people against the racist Yankee imperialists. The humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico border deepens, with displacement of populations fueling a refugee crisis. International bodies like the UN begin condemning US actions, intensifying diplomatic isolation.
January 2026: The US government finds itself entrenched in a guerilla war along the Mexican border. Resources are drained as the military attempts to control occupied areas without solidifying meaningful support amongst local populations. Xenophobic and anti-Hispanic sentiments continue to rise within the US, leading to societal fragmentation. Internally, the US faces increasing resistance and protests against the perpetual state of war with limited policy goals. However, the complexities on the ground, including embedded US interests, continued cartel violence, and fragmented Mexican governance, make simple withdrawal untenable.
The cycle of escalating violence and instability in the south and the lack of clear goals becomes a defining issue as the mid-term election cycle begins.
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The man has an absolute dump truck
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Beating a dead horse here, but invading Mexico is probably the stupidest idea ever
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It’ll pair well with their mass deportation agenda, they can locate the new detention camps just across the border
(Massive 🤮🤮🤮if not obvious)
6 months into a second Trump term:
https://preview.redd.it/b8b2dfhd3hrd1.jpeg?width=968&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d4d412467a2d5b3e86b415de60722fd0fa41499
I already made an alt-future a while ago on the subject, a comedy of errors that spiral into a nightmare.
January 2025: The Republicans win the Presidential election and takes office. Within weeks, the administration unveils Operation Narco-Strike, a concerted effort to deal with the Mexican cartels and resolve the fentanyl crisis by cutting off cross-border supply. The plan involves missile strikes on cartel compounds and deploying special forces to eliminate key cartel leaders.
February-March 2025: The US initiates missile strikes against known cartel strongholds across the Mexican border. Several high-profile cartel leaders are assassinated in surgical strikes. US actions are condemned, emphasizing Mexican sovereignty and calling for international support against the perceived US invasion. This inadvertently gives the impression that the Mexican government is protecting the cartels, straining US-Mexico relations further.
April 2025: In retaliation, Mexican cartels begin abducting American tourists in Mexico. Initial hostages are used as leverage. The cartels broadcast threats, claiming that they have sleeper cells within Hispanic communities in the US, ready to strike. Unrest grows in Hispanic communities within the US due to increased paranoia and racism. Reports of hate crimes against Hispanic individuals surge, exacerbated by vigilante border militias. Cross-border violence escalates as trigger-happy militias engage in skirmishes and mob violence along the Texas border.
May 2025: The abduction of American tourists prompts a severe crackdown by US law enforcement. Raids are conducted in Hispanic communities across border states like Texas, Arizona, and California. Officers harass and detain numerous individuals under suspicion of cartel ties, often with flimsy evidence.
June 2025: Cartels, responding to the US harassment of their operations within America, begin to mutilate hostages. Graphic videos surface online showing the brutal treatment of American captives, worsening public outrage and demands for stronger military action. While the US administration tries to reassure its public, a massive car bomb explodes in San Diego, killing multiple people and amplifying fears of cartel operatives within the US.
August 2025: American public opinion is sharply divided. Calls for increased military action grow, matched by rising domestic anti-war sentiment. Anti-immigrant protests turn violent, leading to more clashes and further radicalizing Hispanic communities.
September 2025: Under pressure from hawkish elements and public fear, the US initiates a full-scale military campaign, Operation Border Shield, intended as peacekeeping but increasingly taking the shape of a conventional invasion. US troops cross into northern Mexico, engaging cartel fighters in urban and rural settings.
October 2025: The cartels adapt quickly, utilizing guerilla tactics honed over decades fighting the Mexican military. US forces face attacks not only from cartels but also resistance from local populations who view them as invaders. The insurgency resembles the quagmires of Afghanistan and Iraq but on a border that the US cannot feasibly seal. The cartels frame and romanticise themselves as patriotic defenders against colonial aggression, revolutionary guerillas and protectors of the people against the racist Yankee imperialists. The humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico border deepens, with displacement of populations fueling a refugee crisis. International bodies like the UN begin condemning US actions, intensifying diplomatic isolation.
January 2026: The US government finds itself entrenched in a guerilla war along the Mexican border. Resources are drained as the military attempts to control occupied areas without solidifying meaningful support amongst local populations. Xenophobic and anti-Hispanic sentiments continue to rise within the US, leading to societal fragmentation. Internally, the US faces increasing resistance and protests against the perpetual state of war with limited policy goals. However, the complexities on the ground, including embedded US interests, continued cartel violence, and fragmented Mexican governance, make simple withdrawal untenable.
The cycle of escalating violence and instability in the south and the lack of clear goals becomes a defining issue as the mid-term election cycle begins.
The man has an absolute dump truck
Beating a dead horse here, but invading Mexico is probably the stupidest idea ever