Far-right Republican 'genuinely scared' by MAGA plans to bomb Mexico: report

A lengthy report in The New Yorker about plans for a second Trump administration reveals that even some far-right members are feeling nervous about some of the things they're hearing.

Specifically, the New Yorker talked with a source who "considered himself a denizen of the far-right wing of the Republican Party" who found themselves "genuinely scared" by what they're hearing in regards to "all this talk, still, about bombing Mexico and taking military action in Mexico" against drug cartels.

Trump had floated the idea of bombing Mexico in his first term but was dissuaded from doing it by more cool-headed advisers.

Plans to bomb Mexico aren't the only ones that are drawing concern from this Republican source, as some of the plans being floated for trade policy are also causing concern.

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"Trump’s former economic advisers Robert Lighthizer and Peter Navarro want Trump to impose tariffs of as much as ten per cent on foreign imports," writes The New Yorker. "Economists across the political spectrum have predicted that such a policy—which could trigger an international trade war, dramatically boosting inflation -- would be catastrophic for the U.S. economy."

The New Yorker's Republican source expressed contempt for Lighthizer and Navarro, whom they described as "f---ing clowns."