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Saboburns

(2,807 posts)
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 02:59 PM Jul 2018

This is FAKE NEWS, I was assured Mexico was paying for the wall

I'm watching Trump press conference on CNN, and this Lame Stream liberal news network showed Donald Trump declare that he has no problem shutting down government if Congress doesn't pay for his wall, and quick. He said it very clearly, and he said it twice.

How dumb does CNN think we are?

Because we already know that Mexico is paying for the wall. We were assured over and over that Mexico is paying. CNN, by showing the President of the United States in his own words, shows their Trump Derangement Syndrome. Do they take us for Dummies? Lol. Shutting down our government will really put the pressure on Mexico to pay up.

This is the smartest negotiation ever, in history. Better even than anything Abe Lincoln ever did. And proves the only collusion was with Demicrats.

And if it's not it's Barack Obama's fault.

Also emails.

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This is FAKE NEWS, I was assured Mexico was paying for the wall (Original Post) Saboburns Jul 2018 OP
This is all laid out in Hillary's emails and confirmed by the Uranium One delivery drivers Submariner Jul 2018 #1
I posed the question Ohiogal Jul 2018 #2
Trump should build the wall out of Hillary's emails. mwooldri Jul 2018 #3
BAM! Good one! trof Jul 2018 #4
SNAP! And you made a pun! maddiemom Jul 2018 #8
The fucking US "media" needs to remember Cha Jul 2018 #5
I think Uncle Vincente said . . . peggysue2 Jul 2018 #10
Right, peggysue! I guess I thought Cha Jul 2018 #19
LOL!! peggysue2 Jul 2018 #20
.. Cha Jul 2018 #21
I saw Rudy Giuliani this morning on CNN...omg.. yuiyoshida Jul 2018 #6
Watching a tape of Stormy spanking that fat ASS of Trumps? Bengus81 Jul 2018 #7
Don't forget with a rolled up yuiyoshida Jul 2018 #18
how do his eyes bug out like that? 0rganism Jul 2018 #17
"Who is paying for the wall...Mexico" Saboburns Jul 2018 #9
"Mexico" Saboburns Jul 2018 #11
Mexico is going to pay for the wall and will be happy about it Saboburns Jul 2018 #12
Mexico will pay and the wall just got 10 feet taller Saboburns Jul 2018 #13
Y'all need to understand bluecollar2 Jul 2018 #14
Do you remenber when it had to have windows so we could see the 60 pound bags of drug coming down? Saboburns Jul 2018 #15
Another conflict based on your post... bluecollar2 Jul 2018 #16

Submariner

(12,511 posts)
1. This is all laid out in Hillary's emails and confirmed by the Uranium One delivery drivers
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 03:05 PM
Jul 2018

Mexico is paying whether they like it or not!111!!!1!!

Ohiogal

(32,105 posts)
2. I posed the question
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 03:08 PM
Jul 2018

"why do we have to pony up taxpayer money for his wall when he has told us hundreds of times that Mexico is paying for it?" to a Trumpeteer in my local paper yesterday.

He gave me a long and convoluted explanation about renegotiating NAFTA and enacting tariffs and that enacting those policies will guarantee millions more for the U.S. at Mexico's expense.

Okay, fine, I answered. So will the U.S. taxpayers get a rebate check once the tariffs and re-doing NAFTA pays for the wall? I asked.

No response back yet....

Cha

(297,774 posts)
5. The fucking US "media" needs to remember
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 05:04 PM
Jul 2018

that fuckhead's STUPID campaign PROMISE was that Mexico would PAY for the damn Wall.

Remember Vincente Fox tweeting to trump that NO they wouldn't Pay for the Wall?

peggysue2

(10,843 posts)
10. I think Uncle Vincente said . . .
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 06:01 PM
Jul 2018

they would not pay for the Trumpster's F*cking Wall.

Small distinction but it makes all the difference in the world

I love the video where Uncle V. says: Here's your downpayment, Donald, and then gives the one-fingered salute.

Those vids were great. Toy soldiers, anyone? LOL

And yes, the media appears to have selective amnesia about these stupid, broken promises.

yuiyoshida

(41,867 posts)
18. Don't forget with a rolled up
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 08:52 PM
Jul 2018

Newsweek magazine with his face on the cover....the one where he is holding up a mirror thinking he is the GREATEST thing in the Universe...

0rganism

(23,974 posts)
17. how do his eyes bug out like that?
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 06:49 PM
Jul 2018

i've seen a fair number of pics of him with his eyes bugging out
between that and his other various oddities, it's basically this:

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
14. Y'all need to understand
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 06:15 PM
Jul 2018

The wall is going to be built by Mexicans and paid for by Mexico.

I have it on good authority that the process will begin as soon as the final plans have been approved.

It appears that the main sticking point is the insistence that the design must include Mariachi Band platforms, Taco truck parking facilities, and an agreement that no pinche gringos or gringas will ever be allowed to enter Mexico.

As soon as the main pinche gringo agrees the work will start. Upon completion the Mexican government reserves the right to arbitrarily refuse to pay any pinche gringo contractors.

Saboburns

(2,807 posts)
15. Do you remenber when it had to have windows so we could see the 60 pound bags of drug coming down?
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 06:32 PM
Jul 2018

INCOMING!!

When I first heard this story I thought it was Borowitz. But no it was really real. As scary as that is the US President really said this.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/07/14/trump-border-wall-needs-transparency-to-protect-against-bags/23029644/#


Trump: Border wall needs 'transparency' to protect against bags of drugs being tossed over

Jul 14th 2017 6:05AM

President Trump recently shared his vision for the design of his proposed border wall with Mexico, and it involves "transparency."
During a flight aboard Air Force One Wednesday, Trump told reporters, "One of the things with the wall is you need transparency. You have to be able to see through it. In other words, if you can't see through that wall...so it could be a steel wall with openings, but you have to have openings because you have to see what's on the other side of the wall."
The president added, "As horrible as it sounds, when they throw the large sacks of drugs over and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don't see them and they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff? It's over. As [crazy] as that sounds, you need transparency through that wall. But we have some incredible designs."



ABC's Jonathan Karl tweeted a White House transcript of Trump's off-the record comments on Thursday after the White House allowed them to be published.



bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
16. Another conflict based on your post...
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 06:44 PM
Jul 2018

The Mexican government is insisting that all weights and measures be metric.

No more pinche fringe lbs and feet.

From now on all measurements in kilos and metres...

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