I would wait for a little confirmation on that one. You know what Trump just said on his Truth Social .. Check it out

“I’m not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin – and this despite the Radical Left’s Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX. We must never forget that Russia helped us win the Second World War, losing almost 60,000,000 lives in the process. All of that being said, I’m going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. If we don’t make a “deal,” and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries. Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with! We can do it the easy way, or the hard way – and the easy way is always better. It’s time to “MAKE A DEAL.” NO MORE LIVES SHOULD BE LOST!!!”

Bend over ’cause I want to kick you! Out of the purest love of course. And then, if you don’t that, I’m gonna try and kick you for real. (And historically I’m an idiot). Hahaaa ….

I see AHH just posted it up.

The phones have not stopped beeping .. warnings for Mexicans (legal and illegal) in the US telling them what to do .. action at all the Mexican consulates in the US, major newspaper writeups saying Donald Trump’s ‘decretos’ affect Mexico and they won’t have it.

The last time he threatened Mexico in his first administration things went nuts .. There was a full boycott overnight on companies like Amazon and any other American chain or coffee shop or store. I’d never seen such mobilization .. Pictures on which Mexican alternatives to use and why and masses of information. It went so crazy that eventually old rich man here Carlos Slim made a speech begging folks to go back to the chains and big box stores. We had that downloadable phone ditty .. Fuck Trump .. ding dong and it was ringing everywhere, and people would roll around laughing. They could not get enough of it. The piñatas (big old balloons with candy in for fiestas that you hang up and beat until the candy falls out) in Trump’s form – beating him to pulp. It was crazy. These folks can mobilize on the turn. You know the next hurricane is going to run in over the Gulf of America, and not the Gulf of Mexico.

Panama’s president responds to President Trump’s claim to take control of the Panama Canal:

“El Canal es y seguirá siendo de Panamá”

“The Panama Canal is and will continue to be Panama’s. Its administration will continue to be under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality. There is no presence of any nation in the world that interferes with our administration,” says the president.

I’ve updated some on the thread – already one border crossing closed – El Paso. https://sovereignista.com/2025/01/20/revival-of-empire-fortress-america-key-takeaways-from-us-president-elect-donald-trumps-pre-inauguration-speech/

Wow, I’ve just gone to read one paper. It is sharp – Trump is going to have problems down here. “Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the united States by the chief justice of the Supreme Court in a show driven by the mogul and star of entertainment to project himself as the president-elect by God, to consolidate their power and usher in what he calls a “revolution of common sense” whose first steps are to seal and militarize the border with Mexico, retake control of the Panama Canal, and to evaluate which tariffs will be applied in the near future..”

The article carries on describing the scene and I cannot even tell you how sharp the Spanish is. They end with Leonard Peltier, free from jail but in house arrest, that should have been there in Trump’s stead.

AHH, do we have anything formal for this?  “Hezbollah is expected to be part of the future Lebanese government and to have its ministers.”

Good heavens, what a little slip of a country. Must admit, I know nothing about Togo. I really did not even know it existed any longer. I remember Togoland back in the mists of history.

I would like to put this down here so people can understand the Afrikaner community in South Africa. This is also how they are bootstrapping and building themselves up again. They are not shy to point out their faults, but they do say, and I know this is true, that long before apartheid fell, the community understood that it must be done away with. They say their biggest mistake was to become state-focused instead of freedom-focused. These folks are socialist in their actions, but they consider that as a democratic system. One day they will get it. The hatred for socialism and communism come from what was done via the USSR and China to an extent. Bear in mind they live under a non-friendly state, and as they are learning now, their previous state absorbed them. Currently, they are ‘we must do it ourselves’, and that is what they are doing. Plucky people.

Those who think the South African apartheid had only an effect on black people are very wrong. It deeply hurt those that were of the system as well. The speaker explains that the period of statism deprived them of any of the cultural and social bonds and organizations that bound them together as people because the state absorbed everything. A bad state is probably worse than most things.

Anyway, for one Saturday night at the movies ..

Mexico is not caving.  Bear in mind Blood Meridian, the channel, overstates because they are like others damn angry at the US adventures in the LAC.  They are good for news, but not good for strategy.  Scheinbaum will paint Trump’s big mouth with honey for as long as it takes but they are tightening up.  For example, just recently, they told the US embassy that they may not at all contact Mexican companies or Mexican governmental agencies directly.  (Of course, these cretins walked in just wherever they wanted to).  The US Embassy staff are now instructed to work through the Department of Trade or Commerce, or whatever the Mexican equivalent is.

The idea is to nearshore more, i.e., Chinese manufacturers, of which there are many, but to agree that they will buy more local Mexican products.  Currently, they provide many jobs for Mexicans.  They want China not only to sell but also to buy locally and, in this way, increase local content.  That will support local trade, but will also not disturb the free trade agreement – US-Canada-Mexico.  AliExpress, for example, has a big e-commerce distribution warehouse in Mexico, and Mexicans buy from there.   For Mexico, this is a complete rework of their trade relationships, onshore and offshore.  They are combining Federal Power with Local Independent Business in negotiations (following a Chinese blueprint).

Here is but one article about what Scheinbaum and her economists are doing. (It has a Western brush there at the end.) Read the words of Ebrard—he has a wealth of experience and is now leading the Department of Commerce.   Scheinbaum is setting up a local initiative under her own leadership specifically devoted to this change.

https://mexicobusiness.news/trade-and-investment/news/mexico-aims-reduce-dependence-chinese-imports

Bear in mind also that Scheinbaum has an approval rating in Mexico that rivals that of Putin in Russia.