Trump Plans new Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China

[Eric Loh]

23 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Had Harris been elected and Mexico showed any genuine interest in slowing it down, they'd be flying them in directly from south of the Darien Gap on chartered flights.  Not to mention, Mexico didn't have a genuine interest in slowing down the flow of money for the cartels and money from future remittances.  She was just hedging against a Trump win, and the threat of tariffs.

 

Tariffs should not be part of the immigration and border security equation. It looks like Trump is backing off his tariff hikes with Mexico after some vague assurances from the new Mexico President. Perhaps it was just a hollow threat or perhaps a heavy dose of flattery by President Manuel. . 

[Purdey]

Of course there is a way to make it work. Reduce the American minimum wage to $3.7 per hour will give it parity with China. Then America will bring back industries to the home country.

Easy!

[scottiejohn]

30 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Tariffs should not be part of the immigration and border security equation. It looks like Trump is backing off his tariff hikes with Mexico after some vague assurances from the new Mexico President. Perhaps it was just a hollow threat or perhaps a heavy dose of flattery by President Manuel. . 

BBC news has just announced that the Mexican President has admitted she has had a Telephone conversation with Trump but denies say she agreed to any border closing but has said that the caravans would be stopped/restricted.

[Jingthing]

The world's greatest con man grifter strikes again.

 

 

 

[candide]

55 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Tariffs should not be part of the immigration and border security equation. It looks like Trump is backing off his tariff hikes with Mexico after some vague assurances from the new Mexico President. Perhaps it was just a hollow threat or perhaps a heavy dose of flattery by President Manuel. . 

It's possible. That's what he did last time after he broke the NAFTA agreement. He got a few concessions, changed the name of the agreement, and claimed a big win! 😃

[Lacessit]

3 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Well absolutely, a whole bunch of people are gonna get screwed over BIG and HARD by Big Don:

 

DEI grifters

The Mullahs

Hamas

Hezbollah

Ivy League Schools

Cuba and Venezuela

The Cartels

Vlad the Killer

The Ukrainian grifter

Europe (watch them squeal when they got to pay, its a good time to be Polish or Hungarian though)

The UN

The Legacy Media

The Climate Grifters

Teachers Unions

The Trans Lobby

China

 

IMO the people who will get screwed over worst of all by Big Don will be the "basement dwellers" ( that's his name for them ) who voted for him. Plus minority groups who were stupid enough to believe him.

 

Sociopaths have no conscience about deceiving everyone, friend or foe. BOHICA.

[gearbox]

On 11/27/2024 at 7:00 AM, KhunLA said:

MAGA ... That is how you get manufacturers to stop out sourcing and return to the USA.  Good for the economy and workforce in the long run.  Probably inflationary on the short term for bigger ticket items.

 

Need to reverse the exodus of manufacturing sooner or later, and sooner is always better.

Upper Volta with rockets v2.0 in the making...

[Yagoda]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

IMO the people who will get screwed over worst of all by Big Don will be the "basement dwellers" ( that's his name for them ) who voted for him. Plus minority groups who were stupid enough to believe him.

 

Sociopaths have no conscience about deceiving everyone, friend or foe. BOHICA.

Sure same mantra from another foreigner who doesn't have the knowledge necessary to make an assertion.

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Sure same mantra from another foreigner who doesn't have the knowledge necessary to make an assertion.

It seems to be a dogma with you, foreigners can't possibly know anything about America, and you are the repository of knowledge pertaining thereto.

 

Having traveled to America many times, I know a lot about America and Americans.

 

OTOH, you could put the knowledge of most Americans about Australia on the head of a pin.

[Yagoda]

59 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

It seems to be a dogma with you, foreigners can't possibly know anything about America, and you are the repository of knowledge pertaining thereto.

 

Having traveled to America many times, I know a lot about America and Americans.

 

OTOH, you could put the knowledge of most Americans about Australia on the head of a pin.

That's because we don't care about Australia except as it benefits us as a military base and tourist attraction. It's far away, and the mountains are probably nicer in North America although you got nasty creatures which is cool.

 

I've been in and out of Thailand for almost 40 years and I don't pretend to go analyze their politics.

[Eric Loh]

4 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

BBC news has just announced that the Mexican President has admitted she has had a Telephone conversation with Trump but denies say she agreed to any border closing but has said that the caravans would be stopped/restricted.

Trudeau and Trump were on the phone. Trump said it was a good call while Trudeau mulling the need to go on the offence if the trade war eventuate. No country win in a trade war and tariff is not a beautiful word. 

[Yagoda]

3 hours ago, candide said:

It's possible. That's what he did last time after he broke the NAFTA agreement. He got a few concessions, changed the name of the agreement, and claimed a big win! 😃

Please give us the terms of the original NAFTA agreement which were beneficial to the USA in comparison to the agreement negotiated by president-elect Trump. You mentioned concessions, please tell us what concessions were made and how that affected the American economy. Please also tell us whether or not the Biden Administration reversed the Trump agreement that replaced nafta.

 

Otherwise as usual, a Foreigner commenting without any knowledge of the subject

[scottiejohn]

54 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Trudeau and Trump were on the phone. Trump said it was a good call while Trudeau mulling the need to go on the offence if the trade war eventuate. No country win in a trade war and tariff is not a beautiful word. 

When did Trudeau become the President of Mexico, which was the country I was discussing?

[candide]

2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Please give us the terms of the original NAFTA agreement which were beneficial to the USA in comparison to the agreement negotiated by president-elect Trump. You mentioned concessions, please tell us what concessions were made and how that affected the American economy. Please also tell us whether or not the Biden Administration reversed the Trump agreement that replaced nafta.

 

Otherwise as usual, a Foreigner commenting without any knowledge of the subject

You will find here the differences between NAFTA and USMCA.

https://www.investopedia.com/usmca-4582387

[still kicking]

On 11/27/2024 at 9:06 AM, JonnyF said:

Could to see a politician do what he promised.  

 

If only I could say the same of our lying UK government. 

This is not about the UK if you don't like the UK move to Nigeria 

[metisdead]

An off topic post about sexual debauchery has been removed.

[Neeranam]

On 11/27/2024 at 2:35 PM, Eric Loh said:

I am actually looking forward on just how Trump will help the working class and the homeless when he promised big tax cuts for the rich. 

Never took you for liking Trump. He's going to stop the Ukraine war by stopping all aid to the little scam man in Ukraine, the most corrupt country in the area. 

[jvs]

16 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Never took you for liking Trump. He's going to stop the Ukraine war by stopping all aid to the little scam man in Ukraine, the most corrupt country in the area. 

I guess you do not have noticed that was sarcasm?

I thought it would take him only one day to stop the war?

Or was that just another lie?

There are many lies,soon people will wake up but then it will be too late.

[candide]

3 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Never took you for liking Trump. He's going to stop the Ukraine war by stopping all aid to the little scam man in Ukraine, the most corrupt country in the area. 

There is no doubt that Trump will 'show his strength' to Ukraine! 😆

 

Oh and the most corrupt is Russia, by far!

[Neeranam]

22 hours ago, jvs said:

I guess you do not have noticed that was sarcasm?

I thought it would take him only one day to stop the war?

Or was that just another lie?

There are many lies,soon people will wake up but then it will be too late.

I guess you don't know that he is not President yet. God bless the USA and soon it will be powerful again, stop giving money to useless causes. Eradicate the powerful lobbies as well. 

[Neeranam]

19 hours ago, candide said:

There is no doubt that Trump will 'show his strength' to Ukraine! 😆

 

Oh and the most corrupt is Russia, by far!

They are as corrupt as each other. Fool the USA for getting involved, let them fight their own wars. 

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

From 2023 - but still. Yeeah.

 

[SunnyinBangrak]

On 11/28/2024 at 9:45 AM, Eric Loh said:

Trudeau and Trump were on the phone. Trump said it was a good call while Trudeau mulling the need to go on the offence if the trade war eventuate. No country win in a trade war and tariff is not a beautiful word. 

Only a couple of weeks old, amazing how badly posts in this thread aged.

 

Of course, Trump won again.

 

To recap. Trump threatened tariffs on Mexico and Canada unless they took control of their border with the US. The left threw a wobbly and said the 2 countries would never do it and inflation bla bla, pool boys bla bla. Fast forward a few days and Mexico's leader folded like a paper napkin, now Trudeau too🤣

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx5p41696po

 

So, were all happy now? Borders secure. No free pass for fentanyl mules and smugglers. No tariffs. Everyones a winner. On behalf of everyone, thank you Donald Trump you were right again.

 

[candide]

6 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Only a couple of weeks old, amazing how badly posts in this thread aged.

 

Of course, Trump won again.

 

To recap. Trump threatened tariffs on Mexico and Canada unless they took control of their border with the US. The left threw a wobbly and said the 2 countries would never do it and inflation bla bla, pool boys bla bla. Fast forward a few days and Mexico's leader folded like a paper napkin, now Trudeau too🤣

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx5p41696po

 

So, were all happy now? Borders secure. No free pass for fentanyl mules and smugglers. No tariffs. Everyones a winner. On behalf of everyone, thank you Donald Trump you were right again.

 

There's just a small detail you are ignoring.... Drugs such as Fentanyl are not carried by illegal immigrants. They go through legal ports of entry, hidden in cars driven by people legally crossing borders (mainly U.S. citizen), and hidden in shipments also legally crossing borders. 😆