Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Donald Trump: Mexico will pay for wall because I say so ("Let there be a wall, and there was a wall"
CNN ^ | 8/5/2015 | Rebekah Metzler

Posted on 08/05/2015 7:21:39 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist

Donald Trump - who Fox News said literally will be at the center of its GOP primary debate on Thursday - is already feeling the heat from network hosts.

On Tuesday, Fox's Bill O'Reilly grilled the billionaire businessman on his claim that as president he will get Mexico to pay for a wall on the southern U.S. border to help prevent undocumented immigrants from crossing into the United States.

"Bill, they're making a fortune, Mexico is making a fortune off the United States, it's becoming the new China in terms of trade -- they're killing us at the border," Trump said after O'Reilly pressed him twice on the same question.

The third time O'Reilly asked, Trump said, "I'm gonna say, 'Mexico, this is not going to continue, you're going to pay for that wall,' and they will pay for the wall. ..."

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


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aliens; artofthedeal; cruz; donaldtrump; rino; trump
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180181-195 last
To: chimera

BTTT


181 posted on 08/05/2015 2:29:59 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 132 | View Replies]

To: Laissez-faire capitalist
A good deal maker motivates the opposing parties to do the deal. Carrots and sticks come to mind. But Trump is a know nothing, done nothing idiot, unlike yourself, minus the X Billions of dollars.
182 posted on 08/05/2015 2:38:23 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 78 | View Replies]

To: Vigilanteman

No, it was loaded straight onto an empty dry van.
No cooling blankets, paks or anything.
I was still on the dock when the Mexican driver pulled away. He just shut his doors and left.

As to the time from El Paso to Mexico City, I don’t know what the road conditions are, but I expect it’s lengthy.

The trailer was one that wouldn’t be allowed on US roads. No ICC bumper, most of the lights knocked off, and looked like it should have collapsed at least a year earlier.
The tractor looked like A 1970’s model.
All in all, not confidence inspiring.

A friend of mine has been to Mexico many times, his advice was don’t ingest anything not imported.


183 posted on 08/05/2015 3:10:19 PM PDT by oldvirginian (TED CRUZ, because the Constitution matters.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 179 | View Replies]

To: ek_hornbeck
It's a shame that such an important message has such a lousy messenger.

:The shame is that there aren't seventeen messengers with the same message!

184 posted on 08/05/2015 3:42:38 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Laissez-faire capitalist
How about no foreign aid to any country?

Or limit government aid to a "what's in it for US?" basis. Foreign aid can become charity freely given rather than a transfer of stolen wealth to countries which may not even wish us well.

185 posted on 08/05/2015 3:49:34 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: oldvirginian
Wow! I hope whomever was selling the butter made the buyer take possession at the border. I can't imagine the cargo was in great shape by the time it arrived in Mexico City.

When I was young and lived in California, we took a day trip to Tijuana once. Our host told us three types of beverages were OK: carbonated, imported or alcoholic. The locals especially favor the later.

186 posted on 08/05/2015 4:34:29 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 183 | View Replies]

To: plain talk
I don’t agree that any president should act outside the constitution just because obama did.

I don't disagree, but it will not be undone by a president that obeys the Constitution and the law, because congress actually agrees with most of it. If we had a cultural revolution and sanity returned to congress then yes it could all be undone.

187 posted on 08/05/2015 9:46:13 PM PDT by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 145 | View Replies]

To: itsahoot

A new President can rescind Obama’s memoranda and EOs with Congress. I think that part could be done by a Trump or Cruz and perhaps a Walker (maybe). I doubt Bush would change any Obama EOs. :-)


188 posted on 08/05/2015 10:13:59 PM PDT by plain talk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 187 | View Replies]

To: oldvirginian
... American highways choked with Mexican death traps is because American trucking companies have been very vocal in opposition.

Well thank God for that. With all the illegal filthbag mexicans already sneaking into our country and raping and murdering, we sure do not need mexican trucks smashing into anything and everything here.

189 posted on 08/06/2015 6:55:45 AM PDT by Mr Apple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCrO2SPsYjI)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 173 | View Replies]

To: Laissez-faire capitalist; Will88; DoughtyOne; DAC21; plain talk; Vigilanteman; Suz in AZ; ...
"The only way this nation will ever become fiscally sound again is to end illegal immigration and stop legal immigration that is not needed in the economy, then correct the one-sided trade arrangements, and have welfare to work in an economy where jobs are actually available, and where wages are not intentionally driven down by immigration policies."

20 posted on July 30, 2015 at 8:08:22 AM CDT by Will88

"A 10% fee on all money sent to Mexico will get that wall built fast. 23 billion sent last year, 120 billion in total for all countries."

42 posted on August 5, 2015 at 9:52:40 AM CDT by DAC21

190 posted on 08/06/2015 7:29:54 AM PDT by Mr Apple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCrO2SPsYjI)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr Apple

Something to remember about Rick Perry, he spent a lot of time supporting a “trans America” highway stretching from the Texas/Mexico border to the US/Canada border.
It would have been built using US tax dollars, but open to most Mexican trucking companies.

That would have been the foot in the door for the Mexican drivers.
I’m no fan of Perry’s.


191 posted on 08/06/2015 7:52:33 AM PDT by oldvirginian (TED CRUZ, because the Constitution matters.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 189 | View Replies]

To: oldvirginian
I’m no fan of Perry’s.

Nor am I. So far, I like Trump/Cruz. Perhaps we'll all know more after this evenings first debate.

192 posted on 08/06/2015 8:00:29 AM PDT by Mr Apple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCrO2SPsYjI)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 191 | View Replies]

To: Mr Apple

I have always been a strict constitutionalist.
Cruz is my dog in this fight.

I will support Trump if he gets the nomination. I did hold my nose and vote for McCain and Romney. I respect Trump much more than either of them.

I will be watching the debate as well. I spent the early morning reminding everyone I know to watch it.


193 posted on 08/06/2015 8:46:43 AM PDT by oldvirginian (TED CRUZ, because the Constitution matters.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 192 | View Replies]

To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I STILL have more confidence Trump could do what he says than I do for the promises of ANY other professional pol.


194 posted on 08/06/2015 8:52:58 AM PDT by papertyger (If the government doesn't obey the Constitution, what is treason?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr Apple

Works for me...


195 posted on 08/06/2015 2:16:31 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (if black lives matter so much, why don't blacks stop causing them to end prematurely)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 190 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180181-195 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson