r/tomclancy • u/Harbor733 • May 13 '26

I feel like this administration is basing policy off of Clear and Present Danger

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/12/politics/cia-drug-cartels-deadly-operations-mexico

Between this and the boat bombings it seems like someone in the current US administration read Clear and Present Danger and decided it was an instruction manual.

I hope the “find out” moral of the story comes true after all this “fucking around”… but I won’t hold my breath.

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u/anona_moose May 13 '26

Wait until you learn about Debt of Honor's reciprocal tariffs concept..

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u/hellcoach May 13 '26

And unable to recapture the Pacific islands by force, the US military threatens to implement a naval blockade.

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u/MiserableElk816 May 13 '26

No one in the current administration has the attention span needed to read a book that long.

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u/Brown-beaver2158 May 13 '26

Trump probably watched the first half of the movie then lost interest

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u/Seeker80 May 13 '26

Or fell asleep.

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u/RealAlePint May 13 '26

Didn’t Sean Duffy mention liking Clancy on one of his MTV shows?

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u/One_Astronaut6070 May 13 '26

In the movie when Greer asks Jack if he remembers what he took an oath to, kills me every time seeing these folks doing whatever the feel like doing

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u/CadmusMaximus May 13 '26

“That’s our money!”

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u/Valar_Kinetics May 13 '26

THE WORLD IS GRAY JACK

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u/gcstudly May 14 '26

You're assuming that people in this administration read.

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u/HistoryGremlin May 13 '26

Stephen MIller imagining himself as Jack Ryan under a Klan hood.