It will be interesting to see what Mexico does. It will not be easy for them to stop the migration even if the government in Mexico City wants that. There are people at every level of the industry (which is what it is) that take money from the migrants, from the south of the country, along the trains and roadways, at each stop along the way. Border agents, cops, guides, cartels, all are involved, and there is big money going to the leaders of Mexico, too. Maybe not the President, but possibly. If not him, certainly a significant number of the elite governing class.
It will be interesting to see whether the pain inflicted by tariffs is sufficient to overcome the entrenched interests in continuing immigration, and if it is sufficient, at what point. Personally, I don’t care. If they let it go to 25%, we will collect a bunch of revenue for the wall, and then either increase it or deploy the military or something else. Trump is telling the world and our nation that he is going to get this done, regardless, and his voters will be loyal.
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Hopefully it will cause all the Mexican products popping up in American stores and then gradually expanding, now filling entire sections of the shelves alongside our traditional brands. Catering to the “imigrants”. A 25% tariff would go a long way toward restoring our stores! MAGA and get Mexico out of our stores and make room for American products again!
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