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6. The Mexico-America border is just under 2,000 miles long.

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Mon Feb 3, 2025, 01:16 PM

Feb 3

10,000 troops, each working 8 hour shifts 7 days a week (probably unrealistically high coverage per troop). Let's see, that's about 1.5 soldiers per mile.

Wow. That'll really stop organized crime from smuggling fentanyl and people into the U.S.

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mexico got the felon-in-chief to commit to curbing weapons sales into mexico, and sheinbaum alluded to other concessions [View all] unblock Feb 3 OP

I believe she outfoxed the orange one SARose Feb 3 #1

credit where credit is due, for sure, but out-negotiating him is child's play. unblock Feb 3 #2

But but but SARose Feb 3 #4

How is he going to curb weapon sales exactly? Mosby Feb 3 #3

I'm sure SARose Feb 3 #5

The Mexico-America border is just under 2,000 miles long. yardwork Feb 3 #6

i said before, whatever the cost and damage, he'll extract some tiny concession in exchange and declare victory unblock Feb 3 #7