I'm pointing out that just like U.S. actions can affect what Colombia does vis-a-vis our deportation flights, they can also affect what Colombia does vis-a-vis their economic and strategic policy.

And again, if they get pissy over a Truth Social post, then what does that say about our relationship with them?

In this thread you have libs touting loads of flights to Colombia that were taking place. Somehow I doubt we were paying for Delta One to send deportees back home, so one wonders what the Colombian President was trying to achieve with his snit.

Either way, FAFO is now in effect.

There are consequences to the actions we take. It's foolhardy to just shut our eyes to that and pretend that everything would have happened anyway, so we don't ever have to worry about any consequences to our policy choices other than the ones we want and intend. The real world doesn't work that way.

I get your point; you don't need to belabor it. Would I rather Trump not spike the football so loudly on social media? Yes I would; I don't care for this level of ham-fistedness over stuff like this - I'd rather he deliver the message in private and at 110 decibels if that's what it took.

But we're not farting around anymore with US national security, and it's been too long since we took it seriously.