Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.

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    And yet Hegseth just commited a war crime killing the crew of a ‘cocaine’ boat because drugs are bad…

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    It’s almost like he’s a criminally corrupt fascist who possesses zero morals, ethics, or virtues; like the vast majority of “leaders” who succeed under capitalism.

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      You think he wouldn’t throw Bush, or any past Republican figure, under the bus in a second if it benefits him?

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        The Reagan administration flooded the US with cocaine, or more like enabled, directed and turned a blind eye to trafficking from South America. It’s pretty complicated but from what I understand the Administration was backing Colombian rebels who made money selling cocaine to the US. The CIA would ensure their shipments were safe and pushed a ton of it in poor communities, causing the crack epidemic. This is all from memory and could be completely incorrect.