The Yanquis Are Coming: Trump Threatens a “Soft Invasion” of Mexico

Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair

Towards the end of Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel, It Can’t Happen Here, the fascist dictatorship which has come to power in the US has launched a war of aggression against Mexico. I thought of this as I read that President-Elect Donald Trump has been talking about using US special operations units against Mexican drug cartels.

Trump had considered launching missile attacks against the cartels in 2020, the final year of his first term as president. Mark Esper...