Even the death penalty doesn’t stop premeditated murder.  Simply doesn’t work on hard core criminals.   Short term maybe a little but longer term it forces more manufacturing back to the US.  More US jobs and no tariffs.   The goal is for Mexico to be more proactive on drug smuggling and be more favorable to U.S. exports and the tariffs go away.  Ball is in their court.

Is that with or without the 258 million fentanyl deaths Trump prevented in the last three months?   how anyone could believe these people is beyond me.    https://www.factcheck.org/2025/05/bondi-far-overstates-the-impact-of-fentanyl-seizures-on-american-lives/

Absolutely.  Punishing the many innocent to make a few bad actors stop illegal behavior is generally wrong at any time, and on any subject, not just drugs.  That’s a slippery slope.  If governments want to stop criminals and evil people, and are willing to use extreme measures, then maybe punish the guilty severely in public and broadcast it for every person to see what will happen when due process is followed.  You are correct that honest hard working Americans should not be penalized directly or indirectly to stop drugs.  It’s not that complicated to stop, we just don’t have the stomach for what is required.

Fenatanyl deaths by year.  Probably exponentially higher by now.

That’s not true. Fentanyl has been an issue in this country for close to a decade. 

Talking about feeling movement, back when we crossed the Royal Gorge Bridge they allowed car traffic, so we drove across, parked, and then walked it.  The bridge is very narrow, and while cars went by slowly, movement in bridge structure was easy to detect.  And a little scary at first.  I also recall that at the mid point there was a sign about bungee jumping from 1,000 feet above the river.  I believe the park stopped doing bungee jumps on a regular basis.  

If it was that easy it would have already been done.  It’s a bit extreme but when the other side has zero motivation to change you have to do something.

My dad was also afraid of heights due to a horrible incident in his youth.  Decades later while on a family trip traveling north along east coast, we suddenly came up on a bridge in Savannah that made him panic almost to point of not being able to drive at all.  Turned white as a ghost.  By the time we realized all traffic was headed up the bridge, there was no way to abort.  I felt horrible for him because it looked scarier than it was due to the way the road turned up high, making it seem like you could easily drive off the edge.  Anyway, your comment motivated me to find a picture of bridge which I never forgot, and it was harder than I expected because apparently the bridge was replaced.   On the bright side, towards end of his life my dad lost fear of heights; as example would walk close to edge of Grand Canyon without hesitation.  

It is possible to address the issues separately without holding GM and Ford hostage

Guess what wasn’t a big problem during his first term but is now?   Fentanyl.