Trump Swears He Will Still Make Mexico Pay For The Border Wall!

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published JANUARY 6, 2017, 8:20 AM EDT

Following reports that the Donald Trump team's current plan for building a border wall relies on Congress to appropriate federal funds to pay for the wall, Trump lashed out against the media and insisted that Mexico would pay eventually.

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The dishonest media does not report that any money spent on building the Great Wall (for sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later!

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Under Trump's current plan for building a border wall, Congress will use existing legislation authorizing border fences to appropriate funds for additional building along the border, according to the Associated Press. Congress would not pass a new bill authorizing a wall. Trump surrogate Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) also told CNN Friday morning that Trump will negotiate reimbursement with Mexico.

"When you understand that Mexico's economy is dependent upon US consumers, Donald Trump has all the cards he needs to play," Collins said. "On the trade negotiation side, I don't think it's that difficult for Donald Trump to convince Mexico that it's in their best interest to reimburse us for building the wall."

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[DFW]

1. Of all people

With Trump's long history of stiffing people to whom he owes money, he is the LAST person in the whole United States to be telling a sovereign country that they will be expected to pay us back for a project they never asked for in the first place.

As for Rep. Collins--guess again, you ignorant dork. It will not only be "difficult" for Trump to convince Mexico to reimburse us for building a wall, it will be about as easy as getting Trump to release his tax returns prior to a presidential election.

[Hortensis]

2. He could also take it from planned foreign aid to Mexico, but I

hope the people of Mexico take their losses and spit in our faces.

[Tikki]

3. Could other countries come along to prop up Mexico if that is the case?

Tikki

[Hortensis]

13. I expect China would be happy to. Trump's election

has reportedly already caused Mexico and China to strengthen their ties. We should be treating Mexico as the valued and valuable neighbor they are, not kicking them in the teeth.

[Tikki]

14. I see where China has many, many financial allies from all over the globe.

They can't all be happy with trump and his swamp buddies.


Tikki

[Hortensis]

16. Trump's silly notion that our always-incompetent leaders

always let us be cheated, instead of reality, is likely to cost us still more badly.

Just electing Trump is forcing hundreds of nations to see their interdependence on us as a grave threat to themselves. It'd take another couple of decades of electing responsible leaders to regain a reasonable degree of trust in us, and no one can be sure the right won't somehow top Trump next time. Like they trumped W with this one, maybe the swamp creatures are just the windup.

[BainsBane]

17. Aid to Mexico doesn't come close to the cost of a wall

Between that and the military, the asshole will bankrupt the country, while Vlad smiles on.

[Hortensis]

18. Each year's aid could pay for a good stretch, but let's

hope he falls on his head before then. Maybe he'll have a stroke. Or decompensate under pressure. Kurt Eichenwald, who investigated Trump intensively for Newsweek, said he believes Trump was in a mental hospital in the 1990s, possibly for depression, but he couldn't obtain proof of it.

[BainsBane]

22. Lincoln suffered from depression

as did Churchill. Depression is not Trump's problem.

[Hortensis]

24. Oh, people with personality disorders can suffer from depression.

Other types are more prone than narcissists, I think. Fwiw, around that time his dad had declined and died and wasn't around to rescue him any more. He was having lots of business failures and may not yet have declined into just selling use of his name instead of actually building schtick.

[oberliner]

35. We already owe Mexico billions of dollars

Nothing compared to China or Japan, but still tens of billions of dollars worth.

[uppityperson]

4. Ohhhhh. So he'll swiftly build it, then charge Mexico?

[Bayard]

5. He's going to build a biglier wall?

Years ago, we were driving thru El Paso, along the U.S. side of the Rio Grande. We had to slam on the brakes several times for people who had waded thru the river from Mexico (not much water there in July), raced across the road, and scaled what had to be at least a 10' wall. Soooo......how tall is Rump thinking of building his wall?

[niyad]

11. "50 foot wall, meet 51 ft ladder" is one of my favourite comments from the last time "building a

wall" was discussed (not to mention, the tunnels).

[Bengus81]

31. 20ft tall but why go over? Go under,only 5ft down in the ground. n/t

[Bayard]

6. AND another thing!

Who will provide the labor for building this wall? Probably illegals! Where's the concrete going to come from? Probably Mexico!

[Bengus81]

32. Steel inserts to hold up the panels. One guess where the steel is coming from?

Yep...Jina

[Blue Idaho]

7. Great Wall?

China built the Great Wall... this abomination will be at best a mediocre wall and it looks like it's going to be built out of IOUs adding to the federal deficit.

[tclambert]

8. Oh, I get it. We taxpayers are just LOANING him the money for his magic wall.

Give his credit record, I personally would not choose to loan him any money.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Translation: STIFF Mexico for something else

Trump talk, clarified

[dhill926]

10. becoming clear our new prez...

is just a crime boss. Shaking down an entire country? Jesus fucking christ...

[jmowreader]

12. So under this theory...

Scenario follows:
I am store manager of a Frank's Pizza in suburban Wherever and I sell 250 $25 pies a night. Frank calls the ten of us store managers I n and orders us to increase sales by 10 percent. I decide the easiest way to deal with the edict is to bake 25 pizzas a night, take them to random addresses, and tell the homeowners they have to buy a pizza whether they ordered one or not.

If Trump can do it, why can't I?

[world wide wally]

15. I think that whenever we meet a Trump voter, we just laugh at them and their stupidity

Eventually, they will get a complex.

[Angry Dragon]

19. While looking in the mirror the word 'dishonest' just popped into his small mind

[Bengus81]

20. So....let's see a CONTRACT with Mexico for payment Trump

Most of those knuckle draggers voted for Trump because he's a big business man. Well...NO ONE would spend 10.6 BILLION without some kind of a contract for payment.

[left-of-center2012]

21. So we lose our health care AND pay for the damn wall n/t

[0rganism]

23. "later!"

'nuff said i guess

[Feeling the Bern]

25. The Great Wall as built by Shi Huang Di, asshole. You are no Shi Huang Di.

As for Mexico reimbursing us. . .good luck with that, cocksucker.

[Cosmocat]

33. I know it isn't the strong suit of the idiots in this country

to think even the list bit critically at this point, but ...

On what planet does anyone live where they think the Mexican government could possibly agree to being strong armed to pay for the wall we are building between our countries without its citizens completely losing their shit over it?

[HassleCat]

26. Yeah, but he's cutting off his nose to spite his face.

The Great Wall, as he calls it, is its own undoing. The only opportunity we have to extort money from Mexico involves the free flow of workers back and forth between the two countries. The wall will stem that flow, maybe choke it off completely. What then?

[dchill]

27. "I will gladly pay you Tuesday..."

"For a hamburger today!" - Wimpy

[cstanleytech]

28. Irony of Trump expecting someone to pay for something when he himself wont even pay his own bills. n

[Sunlei]

29. tRump & his Fellow Republicans give away entire of, mexico, central & south America- USA relations

Americas loss already ramps up. Fine with republicans because they invest in Corps switching trade away from USA interests.


New Push for Stronger Russia-Mexico Ties

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[truthisfreedom]

30. "It would be unfortunate if something should happen to your nice little country over there."

"My friends and I can provide some 'insurance' to safeguard against any such unfortunate occurrences that might, uhh, occur to youse all."

[AgadorSparticus]

34. If this makes anyone feel better, I read some tweets where some

Deplorables are not too happy with Trump's lying about this wall (& all the broken promises). Making US pay for it doesn't seem to sit well with some of his supporters.