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Trump imposes harsh sanctions on Colombia for not accepting "repatriation" flights (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

more. middle-men gonna middle on that 25%.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

The best middle-men in this situation are the ones sidestepping the tariffs entirely.

Not like Colombia doesn't already have a rich history of smuggling high-demand US contraband over the border, but it will be weird to start getting all my coffee shipped by way of Langley.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Even weirder when they start packing coffee in cocaine to throw off the dogs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

The best middle-men in this situation are the ones sidestepping the tariffs entirely.

Can't wait to get me some bootleg coffee beans

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Langley

deep, deep burn. CIA flights imminent.