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To: tired&retired
Close the border first. Then start complete inspections as a negotiated compromise. If the produce trucks back up and spoil, Mexico will want the wall and help pay for i

Some history...how the French overcame Japanese VCR imports...the Poitiers border crossing:

The French designated the Poitiers customs post as the sole point for checking VCR imports from Japan.

This border post is in central France, manned by an only one clerk and is open at limited times

End result: hundreds of semi-trailers backed up for miles in rural France

And Japan promptly caves.

156 posted on 10/22/2018 8:05:54 AM PDT by spokeshave2 (The Paradigm has shifted...the New World Order is Trumpian.)
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To: spokeshave2

I remember that. I was actually thinking of that when I made the comment. Wasn’t that in the 1970’s?


204 posted on 10/22/2018 8:47:45 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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