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Stephen Miller’s Racism Might Cause a Recession
Slate ^ | May 31, 20193:34 PM | Jordan Weissmann

Posted on 06/02/2019 3:27:35 AM PDT by Zhang Fei

Nobody is happy about Donald Trump’s new threat to slap tariffs on Mexico unless it clamps down on migrants crossing the border. Well, almost nobody.

Investors? They’re panicking. Stocks are down. So are treasury yields, which is a sign that folks are worried and fleeing to safe assets. Mexico? What do you think? Republicans in Congress? Senate Finance Chair Chuck Grassley says the move is a “misuse of presidential tariff authority and counter to congressional intent.” The business lobby? It’s peeved. Trump’s own advisers? Some of them are reportedly furious. Specifically, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, a free trader, and U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer, known for his protectionist streak, are both apparently opposed.

So who’s pleased? Presumably Stephen Miller, the spiritual keeper of this administration’s anti-immigrant flame. Like many of the Trump administration’s worst ideas, CNBC reports this Mexico one belonged to him. He apparently sprang the plan while Vice President Mike Pence was traveling and Larry Kudlow, the White House’s top economic adviser and another free trade advocate, was busy having surgery. It seems the adults went away for the week and Miller decided to throw a xenophobic rager that might sink the economy.

Up until very recently, I haven’t been too worried about the effect of Trump’s trade war on growth. Yes, his tariffs on China are a rather large tax on American businesses and consumers. But they’ve only slowed the economy a bit so far. Beijing’s retaliation has made life complicated for farmers, but they’re getting bailed out.

Now, though, I’m starting to feel anxious. Trump announced that on June 10, he plans to place a 5 percent tariff on all Mexican goods and leave it there “until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP.”

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: maga; mexico; tariff; trump
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To: Zhang Fei

Stop with the whining until these critics start helping stop this invasion. No one says tariffs are a good thing but when you’re left with very few tools to fix a problem, you use desperate measures.


21 posted on 06/02/2019 5:32:08 AM PDT by Wm F Buckley Republican
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To: Zhang Fei

Title in need of “Barf Alert”!


22 posted on 06/02/2019 5:32:40 AM PDT by TruthWillWin ([[[MSM]]])
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To: Zhang Fei
The drunkard, racist, anti-semitic author and his racist, anti-semitic cohorts.


23 posted on 06/02/2019 5:32:57 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: LIConFem

As much as I love my senator, I agree that he should be putting forth solutions. It’s as if Trump is going this alone.


24 posted on 06/02/2019 5:34:10 AM PDT by Wm F Buckley Republican
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To: VeniVidiVici

Typical self loathing Jews. Bolsheviks, all of them.


25 posted on 06/02/2019 5:46:44 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: qaz123
Imagine where this country would be if the President had a Republican Congress and administration that gave a shit as much as he does.

There would be no President Trump.

He would still be a developer.

26 posted on 06/02/2019 5:59:36 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

How do you know Miller writes Trump’s speeches? I would guess Michael Anton more knowledgeable even than Miller and the source for his speeches.


27 posted on 06/02/2019 6:04:41 AM PDT by amihow
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To: Balding_Eagle

Good point.


28 posted on 06/02/2019 6:06:54 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: Balding_Eagle

But it’s still very, very refreshing to see and hear someone that talks like the rest of us, drinking a beer and enjoying a nice cigar, than these so-called polished politicians.


29 posted on 06/02/2019 6:08:40 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: Zhang Fei

“He apparently sprang the plan while Vice President Mike Pence was traveling “

Snake in the grass GOPe boy. I don’t trust him


30 posted on 06/02/2019 6:47:49 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Zhang Fei

Trump isn’t imposing a tariff, Mexico is. They can stop their hostile acts.


31 posted on 06/02/2019 6:49:06 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: wetgundog

Oh hell ya!

We are ALL racist. No matter if your skin colour is blue, green, purple or whatever. Your a racist if you support Trump or a christian or whatever.


32 posted on 06/02/2019 7:15:54 AM PDT by crz
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To: qaz123

It sure is.

Greatest president in our lifetimes, maybe even in our countries lifetime.


33 posted on 06/02/2019 7:16:15 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Zhang Fei.

34 posted on 06/03/2019 10:38:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Zhang Fei
Nobody is happy about Donald Trump’s new threat to slap tariffs on Mexico...

First Lie... Lots of us are happy Trump is standing up to thugs and phony 'elites'...(read 'white trash with money').

35 posted on 06/03/2019 11:19:07 AM PDT by GOPJ (Joe Biden will be the Bob Dole of 2020... Democrat's are gonna dump him soon.)
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