Posted on 11/08/2024 1:08:28 PM PST by redguyinabluestate
Even before the US polls opened Tuesday, a vanguard of immigrants at least 5,000 strong set out on a long march from deep southern Mexico to the US southern border.
But Trump isn’t waiting. Just a day before the caravans launched and he won his election, Trump threatened massive, debilitating tariffs on Mexican exports if Sheinbaum lets caravans make it to the border before he gets into office.
“I’m going to inform [Mexico’s president] on day one or sooner that if they don’t stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I’m going to immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything they send into the United States of America,” Trump declared at his Raleigh, NC, rally on Monday.
“If that doesn’t work,” he added, “I’ll make it 50, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll make it 75. Then I’ll make it 100.”
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Trump’s tariff threat is not an idle one. Mexico’s economy utterly depends on its US exports. In 2023 and 2024, Mexico overtook China as the US’s largest trading partner, with exports from Mexico reaching their highest in the history of both countries to nearly $379 billion in 2024, increasing another 6.5% in the last quarter. Revenue from Mexican exports to the US totaled a record $593 billion last year.
Sheinbaum would most definitely recall that her old boss suffered Trump’s first tariff-threat rodeo back in 2019.
That was when Trump threatened progressive trade tariffs on Mexican exports that would reach 28% if AMLO did not deploy military to shut down his own southern border with Guatemala and hem in immigrants behind 50 militarized roadblocks leading out of the southern provinces like Chiapas state.
AMLO did as he was told to avoid economic ruination for his country.
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Release the armed drones
Mexicans
been complicit from the get-go and that goes way back more than just four years ago
Slap more than tariffs on the bastards Just avoid altogether Products and tourism
And dont don’t drink the water
next investigate the ngos facilitating the caravans
I’d make the wall even more formidable. Double walled concrete, 3 feet thick, 10 yards apart, with a mote going down the middle. Barbed wire at the top of both, and the concrete will go at least 20 feet into the ground to stop anyone from building tunnels. Then armed guards along the entire length of it.
Ay que lastima!
They’ll try to hide behind their church\religious affiliations no matter how tenuous.
I recall the quote from that treasonous scumbag Ted Kennedy “what a difference an election makes”
“next investigate the ngos facilitating the caravans”
BINGO!
Hallelujah
In addition the US should impose a 25% tax on all remittances sent to Mexico and all other nations with a high number of illegals.
He needs to show that ho who’s boss. She’s been talkin’ sh*t about Trump and America. That isn’t going to work.
Plus land mines
Dump all illegals in Mexico. That’s where they came through, seal the border and shoot any cartel members or drug smugglers on sight.
And in the moat, sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads.
Move missiles to the border.
Defund all NGO’s supporting the illegal entry of aliens into the USA, NOW!
Remove 501c3 classification from all so-called “Christian” NGO’s that are facilitating criminal elements into the U.S.
In our "all-American" town, we now have Haitians using fake storefonts for wiring money back home.
“Release the armed drones”
One big problem is that fewer people are walking over the border because they’re being down over in planes. I expect the cartels and our NGOs will continue it until we find a way to end this too.
Mexico could have had very, very liberal and easy legal immigration and cross=border movements for its many, many good citizens (just allow USA to check them as they apply to enter)
instead, they’ve allowed or enabled drug pushers, Islamic, Fakestinian and other Arab terrorists, and sex trade kidnappers to use Mexico as a staging ground for invading USA.
why? must be for $$$. so hitting back financially is appropriate karma for sure.
my bet is that the Mexican government will start cooperating now.
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