Everyone talks a big game – until they get kicked off the US gravy train.
Other nations aren’t beholden to America – but they aren’t entitled to US access or money, either. President Donald Trump is spreading that message loud and clear across the globe. From Mexico to Ukraine, and from South America to South Sudan, he has come up with a handy way to push foreign leaders into playing ball. It’s a simple choice: Do it our way or do without. So far, it seems quite effective.
It’s a Southern Thing?
Having won independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan is the newest nation in the world. It’s also the latest foreign government to run afoul of the president’s deportation policies. In 2025, the small African nation has taken a page out of Colombia’s book and is refusing to accept flights of South…
