Posted on 04/04/2019 2:13:03 PM PDT by Envisioning
President Trump is ramping up pressure on Mexico by warning the U.S. will impose auto tariffs on the country if it does not help stem the flow of the illegal immigration.
While speaking from the White House Thursday, the president gave Mexico a one-year deadline to step up efforts to curb the crisis. He warned if the country does not help by that time then the U.S. will close the border.
The president also expanded his threat to shutdown the border by acknowledging there would likely be economic impacts, but saying security is more important.
I’ll give up Avocados for this. Shut. It. Down. NOW!
Mr. President.
WHY did you delay, for an entire year?
Why?
The threats will ALWAYS be less effective than actions. A surprise shut-down of the border will let everyone know he’s 100% serious. He can reopen it at whatever time he feels is appropriate. He is, after all, tasked with the duty of keeping our borders protected and keeping the citizenry safe from invasion.
How?
How do you threaten to shut the border for three or four days then switch to something new?
I wouldn’t fear his threats if I was mexico either.
I LOVE 98 percent of what Trump does.
Not this.
DJT is giving them a year or he shuts the border...WTH??
We’ll have millions more up here in another year.
At some point there will be civil and criminal liability for the murder, rapes, thefts, etc. that will be caused by 3% of the 1,200,000 illegals in the country by then. Then ill be too angry to care anymore.
So last week it was the close the border this week. Now everything is put off for a year. One year of 100,000+ people per month invading the US. Trump drew a clear line in the sand last week, now he completely folds without even a whimper.
Wait until we get the “full” story. It isn’t like Trump to go soft, so there is another shoe to drop in this matter.
Ooops..... He has fumbled the ball. He has lost the game
Action, immediate action is required. Mexico has determined, rightly apparently, our President is all talk.
In a year... Right NOW we have something like 30k a day hitting the border and god only knows how much dope. Why give them a YEAR?
I wonder if possibly he has changed his mind on the negotiations with China, and is about to take a firmer tact with China.
THAT would explain this. But otherwise I am completely without any clue, why he would do this.
Completely.
Thats 100k a month they _catch_ and/or admit to. How many walk in and are never counted?
Cross border imports/exports goes both ways.
Mexico’s exports to America amounted to
$349.6 billion or 13.4% of its overall imports.
1. Vehicles: $93.8 billion
2. Electronic equipment: $63.9 billion
3. Machinery: $63.8 billion
4. Mineral fuels including oil: $16.1 billion
5. Medical, technical equipment: $15.1 billion
6. Furniture, lighting, signs: $11.1 billion
7. Fruits, nuts: $7.3 billion
8. Vegetables: $6.7 billion
9. Plastics: $5.8 billion
10. Beverages: $5.7 billion
America’s exports to Mexico amounted to
$265 billion or 15.9% of its overall exports.
1. Machinery: $46.2 billion
2. Electronic equipment: $43.3 billion
3. Mineral fuels including oil: $34.1 billion
4. Vehicles: $22.2 billion
5. Plastics: $17.9 billion
6. Medical, technical equipment: $7.5 billion
7. Organic chemicals: $6.4 billion
8. Iron or steel products: $5.5 billion
9. Iron and steel: $4.6 billion
10. Aluminum: $4.4 billion
http://www.worldsrichestcountries.com/top_us_exports.html
Javanka win again! Jared couldn’t hide his sneer when Ingraham brought up Trump’s threat of closing the border in his interview this week. He was beyond certain that Trump wouldn’t be following through.
Once word gets out that they have a year to get up here, hundreds of thousands will be headed this way.
Cool story. Can you explain why we should give a damn about the trade numbers if we lose the country with probably 2 or 3 million Mexicans a year pouring in?
Those numbers are meaningless if the great replacement of the US population happens here with Mexicans as it just did in Europe with moslems and Africans.
“Thats 100k a month they _catch_ and/or admit to. How many walk in and are never counted”?
I think 2 or 3 get through for every “catch”. I may be wrong but more get through than are caught.
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