Recently, it was reported that Biden in the United States suspended the export approval of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. The United States only became the world's largest LNG exporter last year, and it is not in line with the style of the United States to make money or not. Biden's freeze on LNG exports is clearly sanctioning the state of Texas, which relies on oil and gas exports as the backbone of its economy. Texas Governor Abbott has publicly stated that Biden's decision to freeze LNG exports threatens Texas and the United States. What did Texas do to make the United States sanction itself?
Recently, the U.S. border issue has escalated in an all-round way, and the contradictions between Texas, state, and federal have escalated sharply. Since Biden took office, he has canceled the border policy of his predecessor Trump, and the problem of illegal immigration in Texas at the border has spiraled out of control. For this reason, Texas has successively passed laws to combat illegal immigrants, and chartered cars and planes to send these illegal immigrants to New York, Chicago and other Democratic Party bases, and at the same time fence a lot of barbed wire fences at the border, for which the Texas National Guard and the federal ** Border Patrol are also in constant conflict. Not long ago, the Supreme Court ordered Texas to remove the barbed wire. Subsequently, Abbott declared the activation of Article 1, Section 10, Item 3 of the U.S. Constitution, imposing a state of martial law. Abbott also stressed that the state's right to self-defense is higher than any federal law, and that the Texas National Guard has installed more barbed wire, known as Operation Lone Star, raising concerns about Texas going alone.
This matter is essentially a game between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, and Texas has always been the base of the Republican Party. This time, Trump called on all willing states to send the National Guard to Texas to help deal with illegal immigration. Republican House Speaker Johnson also expressed support for Texas and considered removing the secretary of homeland security. Texas has also received support from other "red states", with 25 state governors issuing a joint statement declaring solidarity with Texas. And these 26 states make up half of the territory of the United States, and the National Guard has more than 210,000 troops. Some even argue that this could spark a "new federation" movement that could deteriorate into a national one.
However, judging from the current situation, it is unlikely that there will be a civil war in the traditional sense in the United States, just look at the incident of American General Sherman burning Atlanta in the Civil War. But an infighting and ** in the actual sense of the word did intensify in the United States. From the Capitol Hill incident, to various economic and reputation wars in the name of law, and incidents such as "traitors" in the Republican Party, "American-style democracy" has reached a climax, allowing the outside world to see the true face of American-style democracy. This year, in the first year of the United States, what kind of farce will be staged, we just move the bench and eat melons.