Will Trump send troops to Mexico? His pick for ambassador worries officials there

Earlier DU thread: Trump Picks Former CIA Official Ron Johnson as US Ambassador to Mexico

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Source: Los Angeles Times

Will Trump send troops to Mexico? His pick for ambassador worries officials there

Tracy Wilkinson, Kate Linthicum
Mon, December 23, 2024 at 5:21 PM EST·7 min read

One of the more surprising foreign policy ideas the Trump team has proposed on the eve of its ascension to power is military intervention in Mexico to go after drug cartels and possibly stop migrants headed to the United States.

The idea seemed so wild and provocative — siccing U.S. troops on a peaceful neighbor — that Mexican officials figured it was nothing more than Trump bluster aimed at revving up his base.

But now President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Ronald D. Johnson to serve as ambassador to Mexico has them wondering if he is serious.

Johnson is both a former U.S. military officer — a Green Beret — and a former CIA official. And in his previous post as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, Johnson was an enthusiastic enforcer of Trump's policies in support of its president, Nayib Bukele, an authoritarian widely accused of human rights abuses in a massive crackdown on gangs and in silencing dissent.

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