Everybody in Mexico knows you have to pay the cartel one way or another to cross the border especially if your non-mexican
As for the Taliban- Biden could have ripped up the withdrawal agreement or asked for an extension he didn't have to do it haphazardly like that and leave a gold mine of equipment
Bidens first 24 hours after election night rewarded the Saudis- every one in Wall Street knew OIL would go to $100