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Originally Posted by finnbow
Trump boasted he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there. As I predicted yesterday, this would follow a well-worn pathway. Trump creates a crisis, (falsely) claims victory and reverts to the status quo. And MAGAMorons will eat it up.
https://www.reuters.com/article/worl...idUSKCN1TP2YD/ |
And now he has called for a one month suspension of Canada too and like with Sheinbaun, all it took was just one phone call? This must be the "Art of the Deal II" yet to be written. And here is a comment from the Turtle.
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“Why would you want to get into a fight with your allies over this?” McConnell asked of Trump. Trump’s tariff imposition seems to go against all “common sense” that the president claims to have – as imposing sanctions on the United States’ next door neighbors can only strain the nations’ formerly friendly relationship.
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While Trump has been claiming all along to his brainwashed cult this:
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Trump has claimed that the tariffs will do good for the American economy, and has been saying so since before he was even president. Trump has even managed to convince his base that the tariffs will work in their favor, telling Americans during his Inaugural address that “instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries” his administration will “tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.” History disagrees with Trump’s supposition, as companies importing goods tend to pass off the extra tariff cost to consumers.
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Trump is correct, the tariffs will enrich some citizens (aka robber barons) and certain corporations as long as Musk approves.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...d34b8fa9&ei=24