"Some anonymous and smaller social media accounts have shared messages about it, but most of the coverage of the Mexican protests within the MAGA ecosystem has been on Bannon's and Jones's programs. Bannon's War Room is among the top 10 most-listened-to political podcasts though its content is more akin to a television news program while Jones's InfoWars website receives over five million monthly visits, according to the analyst firm Semrush."
"Donald Trump spelled it out for reporters at the White House on Monday, when asked if he would consider action in Mexico. To stop drugs? It's OK with me. Whatever we have to do to stop drugs I looked at Mexico City over the weekend. This is some big problems over there. If we had to, would we do there what we've done to the waterways? You know, there's almost no drugs coming into our waterways any more."
Large protests in Mexico City have been framed by U.S. MAGA-aligned outlets and commentators as evidence of a narco-terrorist takeover, with figures like Steve Bannon and Alex Jones amplifying the narrative. The United States has recently undertaken aggressive actions against alleged drug operations at sea, sinking over 20 suspected drug-running boats in Caribbean and Pacific waters and causing at least 80 extrajudicial deaths. Former President Trump expressed openness to similar measures in Mexico to stop drug flows. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected a U.S. military incursion and U.S. officials denied unilateral action, yet interventionist rhetoric grows within the president's electoral base.
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