# What if?....Mexico leases bases to Russia? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345 "2017-01-27T22:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/1 "2017-01-27T22:51:59Z")
Mexico…pissed at Trump…says, how about we let Russia or China have some bases? How bout THEM apples? Does Trump enact the Monroe Doctrine and move to stop it? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/2 "2017-01-27T22:53:33Z")
He may be fine with Russia having them. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/3 "2017-01-27T22:57:50Z")
A Russian military base in North America is a clear and present danger to the United States. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/4 "2017-01-28T00:35:20Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > A Russian military base in North America is a clear and present danger to the United States. I doubt that bothers the Cheeto. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/5 "2017-01-28T00:50:29Z")
Think Cuban missile crisis, America simply would not allow it and any president that allowed it would be found incompetent and removed immediately. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/6 "2017-01-28T00:51:00Z")
Trump might offer to negotiate the deal for a percentage and naming rights. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/7 "2017-01-28T01:20:38Z")
If it’s Russia he doesn’t care. If it’s China he threatens Mexico, and if that doesn’t work attacks them. Not because of China, but because Mexico dared to defy him. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/8 "2017-01-28T02:16:40Z")
If Mexico let the Russian military in, I’d say that Mexico had a bigger problem on its hands than the US would. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/9 "2017-01-28T02:33:29Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Does Trump enact the Monroe Doctrine and move to stop it? > [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > Think Cuban missile crisis, America simply would not allow it and any president that allowed it would be found incompetent and removed immediately. How would the US stop or not allow it? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/10 "2017-01-28T12:14:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > How would the US stop or not allow it? War. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/11 "2017-01-28T14:01:58Z")
As noted, he’d be happy\* with Putin doing it. It’s China that would try to be Mexico’s BFF. They are making incredible inroads all over the world in getting their people, including military, set up in various countries. Note that the new [Nicaragua canal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua_Canal) project is managed by a Chinese front company. It includes rights similar to the old US Panama canal zone. (I think even the PRC is having doubts about the viability of this.) The OAS has no say so over such matters. - Maybe not so much “happy” but having no choice other than to go along with it. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/12 "2017-01-28T15:25:09Z")
Wasn’t Mexico allied with Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII? This is not to say that Mexico is evil, only that they have a tradition of doing what they want to do despite international pressure. They’re not the sort of people that I would carelessly scapegoat. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/13 "2017-01-28T15:39:59Z")
Mexico and Brazil declared war on the Axis powers in 1942. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/14 "2017-01-28T16:22:26Z")
I was not correct. [Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Axis_powers) did not officially support the Axis powers. Ignorance fought! \*\* I would still not scapegoat Mexico. They’re a great people & have great food. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/15 "2017-01-28T17:32:00Z")
> [@DrForrester](#): > > Wasn’t Mexico allied with Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII? > > This is not to say that Mexico is evil, only that they have a tradition of doing what they want to do despite international pressure. They’re not the sort of people that I would carelessly scapegoat. Wow. THAT would have made WW2 different!! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/16 "2017-01-28T17:41:23Z")
You may be thinking of WWI; the Kaiser wanted Mexico to join the Central Powers in exchange for the chance to retake the Southwest. Mexico wasn’t interested. It was a crazy plan anyway. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/17 "2017-01-28T17:45:18Z")
Why doesn’t Mexico join NATO? Are they not invited? They don’t want to? It would be too hard meeting the requirements? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/18 "2017-01-28T17:47:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > How would the US stop or not allow it? If they are comming by boat you sink the boat, if they come by plane you shoot down the plane. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/19 "2017-01-28T17:47:41Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > A Russian military base in North America is a clear and present danger to the United States. And so is Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345/20 "2017-01-28T18:32:43Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Why doesn’t Mexico join NATO? The USA is already in NATO and has far more influence with other NATO countries than Mexico, so in a fight between the USA and Mexico, the USA would trump. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mexico-leases-bases-to-russia/778345.md?page=2)