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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnd now the Orange Oaf is attacking Mexico again
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Mexico has taken advantage of the U.S. for long enough. Massive trade deficits & little help on the very weak border must change, NOW!
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And now the Orange Oaf is attacking Mexico again (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jan 2017
OP
Gotta build that wall to satisfy his idiots who don't understand that there is no net immigration
NightWatcher
Jan 2017
#5
Cha
(297,323 posts)1. drumpfuck is a stupid idiot.
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)2. He forgot to mention rapists and murderers
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)3. Yawn....another day with the TWIT in charge.......
Oh no,Trumps crappy suits will cost 20% more!!!
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)4. Writing "unfair" might serve a purpose this time.
And if Elected: What President Trump Could or Couldnt Do
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/opinion/campaign-stops/and-if-elected-what-president-trump-could-or-couldnt-do.html?_r=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/opinion/campaign-stops/and-if-elected-what-president-trump-could-or-couldnt-do.html?_r=1
Can he slap tariffs on China, as he has threatened? Yes, he can. Congress has delegated to the president the power to retaliate against foreign countries that engage in unfair trade practices like dumping, leaving it to the president and trade officials to determine what that means.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)5. Gotta build that wall to satisfy his idiots who don't understand that there is no net immigration
from Mexico.
And in doing so, starting a trade war with our #3 importer of US goods.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)6. So, USTR reports a $58 billion deficit with Mexico for 2015 . . .
And US GDP for the same year was $18.04 trillion. So, yeah, let's piss off a neighboring nation and start a trade war over a trade in goods deficit of .3% of GDP.
Whatever, asshole.
https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/mexico
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)7. Poor boy. Being bullied by mean old Mexico.
Pathetic.
Can't wait until he tells PM May he is responsible for Brexit and her election! I hope she doesn't get mean.
Initech
(100,081 posts)8. I'm surprised Mexico hasn't denounced us yet.
global1
(25,253 posts)9. Remember The Alamo....
and I don't mean in a good way!!!
Mexico won that battle.