I do want to see reciprocal tariffs applied, especially to Thailand.

3 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

His history of bankruptcies, stiffing contractors and customers suggests Trump doesn’t either.

You nothing about the developer business in the USA and especially in N YC

3 hours ago, BKKKevin said:

 

What kind of economic genius bankrupts a CASINO! 🤣

 

Yeah really.

 

https://np.gov.lk/how-many-casinos-have-gone-bankrupt

3 hours ago, Brn2Trvl said:

I am surprised this tariff is not viewed for what it is, a subtle act of war.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6575102

 

What is Canada going to do.? It only exists because we let it. 

 

And of course we protect it.

3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

What is Canada going to do.? It only exists because we let it. 

 

And of course we protect it.

Protect what...........?  🤔

9 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

No, you replied about border issues. Last time, the topic is tariffs.

Looks like someone didn't read the article just the headline. The tariffs directed at Mexico and Canada are directly linked to the borders as outlined in the article. If you can't see this then I can only assume a) you're a headline reader b) your not real bright or c) both a) and b).

"On his first day back in office, Trump pledged to enact a 25% tariff on all products imported from Canada and Mexico. He described the measure as a response to what he called an "invasion" at the U.S. border. “On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,” he stated. “This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”

 

7 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”

That will only be a day or two because Trump is going to build great walls,the best you have ever seen.

In fact no one has ever seen a wall like it!

Are Mexico and Canada going to pay?

We all know the answer to that!

Oh by the way,Fentanyl comes from China and India by mail.

5 minutes ago, jvs said:

That will only be a day or two because Trump is going to build great walls,the best you have ever seen.

In fact no one has ever seen a wall like it!

Are Mexico and Canada going to pay?

We all know the answer to that!

Oh by the way,Fentanyl comes from China and India by mail.

Your comment is obviously well researched and thought through. NOT. Keep up the good work. The stuff is flooding across the US/Mexico border. I'm definitely not saying that China has nothing to do with it. It's just the opposite.

Illicit fentanyl, primarily manufactured in foreign clandestine labs and smuggled into the United States through Mexico, is being distributed across the country and sold on the illegal drug market.

https://www.dea.gov/resources/facts-about-fentanyl

 

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Yeah really.

 

https://np.gov.lk/how-many-casinos-have-gone-bankrupt

Ha!... Great link!...

Trump is number one on the list!

Read the detail of his financial genius...

"Doomed from the start..." 🤣

 

Edited November 27, 20241 yr by BKKKevin

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Your comment is obviously well researched and thought through. NOT. Keep up the good work. The stuff is flooding across the US/Mexico border. I'm definitely not saying that China has nothing to do with it. It's just the opposite.

Illicit fentanyl, primarily manufactured in foreign clandestine labs and smuggled into the United States through Mexico, is being distributed across the country and sold on the illegal drug market.

https://www.dea.gov/resources/facts-about-fentanyl

 

You assume a lot,actually i did research but decided not to post that but now i will.

Just meaning to say that if the Mexican and Canadian borders would be tight shut illegal stuff will still be coming in.

Here you go,

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/DEA_GOV_DIR-008-20 Fentanyl Flow in the United States_0.pdf

11 minutes ago, jvs said:

You assume a lot,actually i did research but decided not to post that but now i will.

Just meaning to say that if the Mexican and Canadian borders would be tight shut illegal stuff will still be coming in.

Here you go,

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/DEA_GOV_DIR-008-20 Fentanyl Flow in the United States_0.pdf

Never be stopped completely I agree but holes need to be plugged and the two borders are bloody big holes. 

Trump ALWAYS lied. 

Never said there would be a cost for his radical tariffs.

But at least Elon Musk made the warning. There will be PAIN.

 

 

 

23 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Never be stopped completely I agree but holes need to be plugged and the two borders are bloody big holes. 

The border between Canada and the USA is one of the longest unprotected borders in the world.

Easy to get across in many locations.

How would it ever be possible to close that gap without taking away anybodies rights?

I have never been at the US/Mexican border but i know there is some kind of boundary because that is a big issue.

I also know that a lot of illegals enter the US by air.How would you stop that?

Fentanyl needs to be stopped,fine but how?

Guns are not coming from Canada or Mexico,they are coming out of the US.

Problems like this can never be solved by one country but the funny thing is ,nobody wants to be dictated by their neighbor.

A bully kind of approach will only backfire and cause worse problems.

 

5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Trump ALWAYS lied. 

Never said there would be a cost for his radical tariffs.

But at least Elon Musk made the warning. There will be PAIN.

 

 

 

I like Pakman,clear and to the point .

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Never be stopped completely I agree but holes need to be plugged and the two borders are bloody big holes. 

 

50 minutes ago, jvs said:

The border between Canada and the USA is one of the longest unprotected borders in the world.

Easy to get across in many locations.

How would it ever be possible to close that gap without taking away anybodies rights?

I have never been at the US/Mexican border but i know there is some kind of boundary because that is a big issue.

I also know that a lot of illegals enter the US by air.How would you stop that?

Fentanyl needs to be stopped,fine but how?

Guns are not coming from Canada or Mexico,they are coming out of the US.

Problems like this can never be solved by one country but the funny thing is ,nobody wants to be dictated by their neighbor.

A bully kind of approach will only backfire and cause worse problems.

 

It should be added that most drug is not smuggled through "holes", but through legal ports of entry. And 80% of smugglers were U.S. citizen.

 

"The data are most relevant to understanding fentanyl seizure activity because the vast majority of fentanyl is seized at ports of entry, not between the ports where people cross illegally. Figure 2 breaks down fentanyl seizures by location. From FY 2015 to 2024, 88 percent of all fentanyl was seized at ports of entry, basically the same as in FY 2024. Another 4 percent was seized at vehicle checkpoints on highways after the ports. Only 8 percent was seized by Border Patrol on patrol, and many of those seizures came from vehicle stops as well."

 

https://www.cato.org/blog/us-citizens-were-802-crossers-fentanyl-ports-entry-2019-2024

14 hours ago, transam said:

Protect what...........?  🤔

Its back. Yap yap yap

13 hours ago, BKKKevin said:

Ha!... Great link!...

Trump is number one on the list!

Read the detail of his financial genius...

"Doomed from the start..." 🤣

 

You forgot the part that he walked away with a profit and the outside investors took the loss.

 

But thats how capitalism works.

 

You dont know how the real estate development business works.

49 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

You forgot the part that he walked away with a profit and the outside investors took the loss.

 

But thats how capitalism works.

 

You dont know how the real estate development business works.

 

Yes thats his MO...

My guess is the American people are about to get the same deal from Trump... 

Edited November 28, 20241 yr by BKKKevin

2 minutes ago, BKKKevin said:

 

My guess is the American people are about to get the same deal from Trump... 

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

 

5 minutes 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

 

Based on my time here, id say europe deserves it the most. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Its back. Yap yap yap

You're back with a question you cannot answer, just yap, yap, yap, like most of your blithering...........😂

4 minutes ago, mdr224 said:

Based on my time here, id say europe deserves it the most. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Children. They are like modern indoctrinated college age children, even the adults. Racist, xenophobic, arrogant and ENTITLED.

 

Thats right. Entitled. Uncle Sam takes care of them, so they can continue 2000 year old spats between Bosnians and Herzegovians and Lancastrians and Prods and Papists and Flemings and Waloons and Serbians and Albanians and North Macedonians and Greeks and Cyprus and Turkey and English and Scotch and Basques, Castillians, Poles and Russians and all of those POS little squabbling ancient countries basicaly rest on their laurels as the "fount of civilization".

 

Well hopefully Big Don says we have been bailing you dudes out since 1917, and if it wasnt for us, you would be all speaking German or Russian, so pay your own freight, and hope you have enough electricity to run the Mercedes plants and keep the migrants warm.

 

I wonder how much money we have spent since 1917. I wonder if we have ever gotten paid back for anyhting.

2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Its back. Yap yap yap

You should talk as all you do is "Yap Yap Yap"!

12 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

You should talk as all you do is "Yap Yap Yap"!

But Im on the right side of history. No need for tariffs, border closed.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14134907/mexican-president-sheinbaum-stop-migration-donald-trump.html

17 hours ago, John Drake said:

I do want to see reciprocal tariffs applied, especially to Thailand.

I bet any acknowledgement from the US that they exist would be a win in Thailands book

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Children. They are like modern indoctrinated college age children, even the adults. Racist, xenophobic, arrogant and ENTITLED.

 

Thats right. Entitled. Uncle Sam takes care of them, so they can continue 2000 year old spats between Bosnians and Herzegovians and Lancastrians and Prods and Papists and Flemings and Waloons and Serbians and Albanians and North Macedonians and Greeks and Cyprus and Turkey and English and Scotch and Basques, Castillians, Poles and Russians and all of those POS little squabbling ancient countries basicaly rest on their laurels as the "fount of civilization".

 

Well hopefully Big Don says we have been bailing you dudes out since 1917, and if it wasnt for us, you would be all speaking German or Russian, so pay your own freight, and hope you have enough electricity to run the Mercedes plants and keep the migrants warm.

 

I wonder how much money we have spent since 1917. I wonder if we have ever gotten paid back for anyhting.

Not that he will but i hope trump cuts everyone off. A new age of american isolationism. Everyone else will be poor and cant blame america and americans for their problems anymore

16 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

But Im on the right side of history. No need for tariffs, border closed.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14134907/mexican-president-sheinbaum-stop-migration-donald-trump.html

There was already a 40% dropped in arrivals to US-Mexico border after the former Mexican President clamped down on immigrants. Caravans are no longer reaching the northern border as they being detained within Mexico. The border situation is a scaremongering tactic by Trump. 

Edited November 28, 20241 yr by Eric Loh
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28 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

There was already a 40% dropped in arrivals to US-Mexico border after the former Mexican President clamped down on immigrants. Caravans are no longer reaching the northern border as they being detained within Mexico. The border situation is a scaremongering tactic by Trump. 

 

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.

 

I'd like to make a return.