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Trump has frenemies jumping through his hoops

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Posted By: Judy W., 2/4/2025 8:30:08 AM

Trump lived up to his word on Sunday and slapped 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, which were to begin today. He had vowed to slap them with tariffs because they refused to stop illegal aliens and fentanyl from entering the United States of America. The reaction of the media and economists was panic and fearmongering. They immediately pounced from their towers of ivory into the abyss of failure. The New York Times reported, “President Trump’s move this weekend to slap sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China is threatening to fracture the global trading system and a world economic order that once revolved around a U.S. economy that prized

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Reply 1 - Posted by: mobyclik 2/4/2025 9:02:58 AM (No. 1888941)
And what do we get from the democrats? We get that buffoon Schumer on TV holding up a can of Mexican beer and an avocado to point out it's the end of life as we know it. The Super Bowl without those products??? Oh noooo! The 'rats are insane.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Strike3 2/4/2025 9:08:44 AM (No. 1888946)
More and more, every day, Trump makes Joe Biden look like a piece of dead wood washed up on some Delaware beach.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 2/4/2025 12:46:13 PM (No. 1889105)
The tariff power is a VERY big stick. And Trump does speak fairly softly. He says, "I'll be putting a 25% tariff on anything from Mexico and Canada because they are ripping us off and letting in bad people and drugs." And everyone scoffs.....He'd never do that! And then the tariff is laid. Chaos erupts. And the Mexican and Canadian government feel something warm running down their metaphorical legs. And now they are very interested in 'understanding what the problem is and how we can help solve it'. BOOM. More winning, and Making America Great Again.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Sunhan65 2/4/2025 1:34:16 PM (No. 1889139)
Here's the thing: the United States Constitution gives the power to apply tariffs to Congress, not the President. President Trump is using laws designed to address an "unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. “national security, foreign policy, or economy” to bupa
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Sunhan65 2/4/2025 1:59:57 PM (No. 1889150)
[sorry, hit submit too soon] ... to bypass the Constitution. That should give conservatives some pause. You can possibly argue trade with China poses a threat to national security, perhaps even Mexico. But to claim that Canada falls into the same category is specious. The US-Canadian border is well regulated and policed. There is no significant problem with illegal immigration from Canada unless you count snowbirds over staying their tourist visas. And Canada actively assists the U.S. in deporting Canadians who violate U.S. immigration laws. With respect to Canada, this is simply a trade disput, and there is a treaty in place to deal with this kind of thing. President Trump knows this because he's negotiated and signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) during his first term.
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