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BumRushDaShow

(168,515 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:56 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump admin unleashes jet ski division in effort to further secure the southern border

Source: Yahoo! News/The Independent

Fri, 6 March 2026 at 5:59 am


The U.S. Coast Guard has obtained a new tool in their arsenal for patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border: jet skis. In a video posted to Instagram in February, the Coast Guard confirmed that they are deploying ‘Coasties’ on jet skis to control, secure, and defend the border.

This investment came as Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Kevin E. Lunday said that despite a large infusion of cash from the federal government, the Coast Guard still needed higher annual funding appropriations, according to the Military Times. The federal government is currently working on refurbishing the U.S.’s second-smallest force as part of former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s Force Design 2028, a plan to expand, upgrade, and streamline the Coast Guard.

The caption for the Coast Guard’s video on Instagram said: “These aren’t your grandfathers’ jet skis – they are key to controlling, securing, and defending our borders and maritime approaches, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Coast Guard’s Office of Rapid Response and Prototyping (CG-RAPTOR) and historic investments made by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has been critiqued by Democrats for what they see as taking money away from healthcare to fund the White House’s mass deportation agenda.

Read more: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-admin-unleashes-jet-ski-105901961.html

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Trump admin unleashes jet ski division in effort to further secure the southern border (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago OP
Baywatch redux? sheshe2 4 hrs ago #1
New innovative ways to waste money Klarkashton 4 hrs ago #2
The kids are in charge! And that includes trump, who's smack in the middle of dementia! n/t slightlv 4 hrs ago #3
I'm re-enlisting! usonian 3 hrs ago #4
Not the Onion J_William_Ryan 3 hrs ago #5
Can they be armed with friggin laser beams too? Buddyzbuddy 2 hrs ago #6
If my geography is right the Rio Grande separates the US from Mexico. What will Mexico do if/when in2herbs 1 hr ago #7
How those jet ski Coast Guard bad asses will be defeated. Botany 55 min ago #8

usonian

(24,671 posts)
4. I'm re-enlisting!
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:49 PM
3 hrs ago


So I can have a blast and give those border-crossers some food coupons.

And Trump®™Brand swim trunks.


in2herbs

(4,377 posts)
7. If my geography is right the Rio Grande separates the US from Mexico. What will Mexico do if/when
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:31 PM
1 hr ago

they spot these American jet skiers on the Mexico side of the boundary?

Botany

(77,052 posts)
8. How those jet ski Coast Guard bad asses will be defeated.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:41 PM
55 min ago

It is called an airplane. As the Jet Skiing Dudes and Dudesess run up and down the Rio Grande
a plane will fly over them and land in Topeka and local businesses will pick up the immigrants and
they will go to work.

News Flash!!! America is becoming more browner and more less Northern European every day
and there is nothing that will stop that from happening.






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