Analysis: Trump and the tough-guy allure of invading Mexico
Not surprisingly, Trump’s hyperbole is incorrect. The number of overdose deaths has not been 100,000 for 15 years, nor is there any indication that it is underestimated to the extent he suggests.Why is Trump suggesting it’s so high? In part because this is what he always does. But in part because he wants to exaggerate both the threat the country faces and, relatedly, the failure of the Biden administration to address that threat.
The threat posed by fentanyl is certainly real, as those overdose death figures suggest. But the drug is also deeplywith a number of the Republican Party’s broader political priorities. Much of the fentanyl that is available in the United States is imported, often smuggled into the country across the U.S.-Mexico border.
The appeal to Trump of speculating about pushing troops into Tamaulipas is the same appeal that’s on display in that movie trailer: a macho flexing of muscle against a vilified enemy. The 2020 DEA report notes that production shifted from China to India and that fentanyl is also smuggled into the United States from Canada . Yet India and Canada don’t capture the American imagination the way China and “Mexican cartels” do.
There’s an irony here, though. Trump also likes to brag about being the only recent president not to have initiated a new military effort. He said as much in Waco: “I’m proud to be the only president in decades who did not start a new war.” It’s a point of pride among his supporters, though the claim itself is
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