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Tariff time: Mexico thumbs its nose at Trump's tariff threat, aids caravans heading towards U.S. border
American Thinker ^ | 14 Nov. 2026 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 11/15/2026 7:43:52 AM PST by MtnClimber

Cruisin' for a bruisin, ' Claudia?

Mexico's ruling leftists don't seem care very much about Mexican citizens.

They're apparently thumbing their noses at President Trump's threat to double tariffs on all Mexican goods if the government doesn't stop the illegal migrant caravans from Central America from making their way through Mexico into the U.S.

Actually, they're aiding them.

According to Breitbart News Foundation:

Mexico’s government began providing the migrant caravan headed to the U.S. with police escorts and is allowing them to sleep in municipal auditoriums as the growing group makes their way towards Mexico City and eventually the U.S. border.

Breitbart News Foundation has confirmed the new presence of police vehicles escorting the migrants along the daily routes, something that was not happening when the caravan started. This caravan, called God With Us (Dios Con Nosotros), is the third to make its way through Mexico and the first to start after the November election results, when most contested seats went to the Democratic Party.

Which really does show some contempt for the Mexican public, which is going to end up paying for this little fun adventure of theirs to poke Uncle Sam.

For one thing, Mexicans really don't appreciate their nation from being used as a highway for other countries' nationals to make their way into the U.S.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: illegalimmigration; mexico

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1 posted on 11/15/2026 7:43:52 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Trump will impose tariffs unless a leftist judge stops it.


2 posted on 11/15/2026 7:44:52 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

No problem. First one over the wall is sent back to the other side with a WW80 attached.


3 posted on 11/15/2026 7:46:09 AM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: MtnClimber

Trade Act of ‘74 is all needs.


4 posted on 11/15/2026 7:46:35 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn )
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To: MtnClimber

It is an act of war, is it not, for a nation to ally itself with invaders?


5 posted on 11/15/2026 7:46:49 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: MtnClimber
When they see President Trump's failure in Iran, they see that the emperor has no clothes. Big talk, but impotent action.

6 posted on 11/15/2026 7:50:00 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: MtnClimber

Mexico is now an enemy country. We cannot allow another invasion of millions of unvetted people. The cartels are deeply involved in this also.
Forget Iran for the moment, the war is at our borders. Things are getting very dicey and our enemies are emboldened.


7 posted on 11/15/2026 7:50:36 AM PST by Deo volente ("Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.” -Niccolò Machiavelli)
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To: MtnClimber

With fellow Mexican governors in both Texas and California, I’m sure Claudia is emboldened.


8 posted on 11/15/2026 7:54:37 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: MtnClimber

Time to takeout cartel ran Mexico!


9 posted on 11/15/2026 8:03:44 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: MtnClimber

As we know, these “caravans” do not just spontaneously arise.

They are formed and aided through NGOs, and high-level “multilateral” groups like the UN, UNESCO, WHO, etc... lots of marketing and promotion, globalist money, and of course - high level political support.

What does it tell you that the President of Mexico, is on board, and cooperating with, this entire operation?

It tells me we are at WAR. Not a declared one, but a war nonetheless.


10 posted on 11/15/2026 8:05:04 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
When they see President Trump's failure in Iran, they see that the emperor has no clothes.

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11 posted on 11/15/2026 8:05:57 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: BenLurkin

“It is an act of war, is it not, for a nation to ally itself with invaders?”

No, not exactly. It has to be accomplished in a defined way. Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the power to declare war. An “invasion” in constitutional and statutory terms refers to a military attack or hostile incursion by a foreign sovereign nation or military power—not civilian migration, cartel activity, or drug trafficking. We are not at war with Mexico. Actually we are not at war with anyone at this time.

According to the Alien Enemies Act of 1798: While this wartime law allows the president to detain or deport citizens of a hostile foreign nation during a declared war or recognized foreign invasion, legal analysts and courts have noted that routine border crossings, immigration, and cartel smuggling do not legally qualify as a foreign nation’s war or armed invasion.

Assisting undocumented entry or harboring non-citizens can violate federal immigration and criminal statutes (such as alien smuggling or harboring laws under Title 8 of the U.S. Code), which are handled through the federal civil and criminal justice systems rather than the laws of war or military action.

But I will bet you they didn’t offer them anything to stay even though they could and the caravan is well aware of the US benefits of being in our country and not theirs. So why would the caravan ask and why would Mexico not be happy to rid themselves of unhappy dissident people? In their case it’s win/win.

wy69


12 posted on 11/15/2026 8:19:05 AM PST by whitney69 (uipment )
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To: Deo volente
Mexico is now an enemy country. We cannot allow another invasion of millions of unvetted people. The cartels are deeply involved in this also. Forget Iran for the moment, the war is at your local Walmart Supercenter our borders. Things are getting very dicey and our enemies are emboldened.

Relax. The caravan with the police escort are just reinforcements for the troops already here.

13 posted on 11/15/2026 8:20:23 AM PST by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: MtnClimber

I’m taking this writing with a grain of salt....because I have read a different take by the Mexican government.


14 posted on 11/15/2026 8:20:54 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: aquila48

Funny how people here don’t seem to get that point.

The largest and supposedly wealthiest state in the American union will now be headed by a Mexican Separatist, one Xavier Becerra. He has spent his entire life running on his hatred of the Evil Anglos and demanding more and more for his countrymen...Mexicans. Who are now the plural majority in California, something unthinkable in 1970 when he was 12.

Does anyone think he’s on the side of the United States?

And then we have Gina Hinojosa who’s largely a female version of Becerra. She simply thinks that the wrong side won the Texas revolution and ditto for the Mexican-American War. She doesn’t think the border is legitimate, and if it has to be there, should just be sort of a line on a map denoting a different political subdivision, not a real barrier.

Whose side do we think these two are on?

It’s really the end of the United States. Point #1: neither of these two Mexican Supremacists are American in any way. They simply want to take what they couldn’t make.

Meanwhile people here rant about the Mohammedans. Well, currently that’s maybe 1% of the population. But 60M “hispanics” that are 95% Mexicans living in this country and claiming to be “The Americans” are far more serious of a problem - they are simply the occupation force of a violent and vicious enemy nation.

Neither of these “governors” have any right to rule over Americans.


15 posted on 11/15/2026 8:25:05 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: MtnClimber

Well, have no worries. Sheinstein said “They know they won’t be allowed in.”. Gonna be a long two year camp out. Since the border is international, PDJT can defend as needed. I suggest a few A-10’s to get their attention. Then designate a 5 mile NOGO zone south of the current border. Sorry Juarez and TJ. You gotta move. Adios.


16 posted on 11/15/2026 8:26:00 AM PST by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: MtnClimber

1. Obviously don’t let them in.

2. OK....we can jam some tough tariffs down Mexico’s throat if they won’t play ball. They still run a large surplus with us. We haven’t even started to hit them like we have Canada because they’ve been far more reasonable about it up to this point. They need to be reminded of the consequences of not playing ball with us.


17 posted on 11/15/2026 8:38:26 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: whitney69

I think it’s time that the human race grew up and realized that all war is economic. Sometimes it gets “kenetic”.


18 posted on 11/15/2026 8:52:28 AM PST by The Duke (Not without incident)
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To: MtnClimber

Who needs a standing army when you have walking missiles that blow up a country from the inside out?


19 posted on 11/15/2026 8:52:51 AM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: MtnClimber

Mexico is our enemigo.


20 posted on 11/15/2026 9:11:22 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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