Trump promised to raid Chicago on Tuesday yet I have seen a single news story about this since it was first brought up Sunday. It is now Wednesday. So did they do it or was it just more hot air from Trump and co?

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    The administration isn’t going to move that fast because they can’t, not nearly enough boots. Plus, they know damned well they can’t flush 13,000,000 slaves out of the system without crashing it.

    The idea is to scare them into submission. Not sure how you get illegal immigrants more submissive, but that’s the plan, put them in their place. And then?

    Maybe they’re aiming for literal slave labor, à la concentration camps? I honestly can’t see the end game. Yes, illegal immigration is a problem for the US. (Ban incoming!) Yes, it’s a problem for the immigrants. (We don’t talk about that.) But I’m not seeing the MAGA end-game here.

    Before someone pops off a one-liner meme answer, think on it first. What’s their end game? “Illegal” slavery seems to be working fine. Why disrupt that and crash the economy? Yes, hate of the “other” gets votes, but what are the real players playing?