After the U.S. bombed Venezuela in the middle of the night and abducted its president, Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump warned that more attacks could be on the way in the region.
Trump hinted at a future conflict with Mexico in particular in an interview with Fox News Saturday morning.
Nothing was ever stopping this since the US election - they’ve been pretty open about it happening in the next three years in the appropriate weather season.
Two US carrier groups might have attempted to stop it, but the intellectual honesty and consistency of the US president was never a barrier.