"(MS Now) In a colossal show of both imperial hubris and reality-TV-grade carelessness, America's ruling regime has kidnapped a world leader and his wife and ordered them to go to trial on overblown charges of "narcoterrorism" (together with menacing-sounding but ultimately vacuous offenses such as being in possession of machine guns, which much of the MAGA movement regards as a sacred duty)."
"Efforts to justify the action veer wildly from gangster-style resource extraction to the assertion of a new brand of hemispheric hegemony, while supposed plans to "run the country" on a puppet-colonial basis are plainly nonexistent. (Fittingly enough, the administration's newly designated point-person in the arrangement is reportedly the racist thug who's overseen a vastly unpopular and counterproductive federal siege of terror over US cities the administration doesn't like.)"
An American administration detained a foreign head of state and spouse and charged them with exaggerated 'narcoterrorism' and other hollow offenses. The charges included alleged possession of machine guns, an issue valorized by significant MAGA elements. Public rationales ranged from resource extraction to claims of regional dominance, while actual plans for governance by proxy were absent. The administration appointed a controversial enforcer linked to heavy-handed federal tactics in US cities. The immediate trigger appears to have been the deposed leader's mocking dance videos. Democratic leaders limited criticism to procedural consultation failures and have not pursued impeachment.
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