Forget bounty hunting, government sanctioned American Pirates might be back on the menu! 
Elon and Don Jr. have boosted the idea of giving out letters of Marquee
This would work very fast https://t.co/B9R7ppAVyi
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2025
If you’re looking for an effective, efficient, @DOGE-compliant way to combat Mexican drug cartels—especially those now threatening to target U.S. planes deporting illegal aliens—you will really like this thread proposing letters of marque and reprisal as a possible solution! https://t.co/m3OOez0KKZ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 27, 2025
Letters of marque give people the authority to attack and capture vessels of enemy states. Basically state sanctioned piracy.
We could unironically get modern pirates of the Caribbean made up of American mercenary ships.
Unfortunately the biggest profile supporter rn seems to be Elon, but since he's actually sort of ish in government now maybe this extremely dramapilled way of handling cartels has a chance of happening.
Even suggesting this has potential for great seethe but it seems like all is quiet for now. I'd expect utter bewilderment at the suggestion by basically all libs if this gain any sort of actual traction past the Elon quote tweet.
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I am a bit torn on this. I don't think we actually want 1800's type naval law ruling over anyone any given President declares an enemy. At the same time, if a bunch of gung ho r-slurs larping as army guys go and gunfight a bunch of cartels in Mexico and Central/South America... it's also not my fricking problem. I just don't want to be paying to save these people from foreign embassies and shit.
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Do you think the cartels are gonna take prisoners? You won't have to worry about tax dollars going saving any rslurs that get caught cause there won't be anything to save
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Do you think most people in war die from gunshots and artillery shells? Disease and attrition get far more, I don't want to fly them back home for antibiotics and whatnot.
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That's what it would be. Don't need a bunch of bubbas or even competent former military fricking around shooting Mexican fishermen and getting ransomed.
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We need Letters of Marque to go after Chinese Dark Fishing Fleets and Russian Oil Ships. Frick the cartels. Its way funnier to kill Ziggers and Chinks.
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It would be a disaster when they inevitably attack a civilian or government vessel by mistake. Or they might just get slaughtered by the cartels. It's still kind of a novel idea though.
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