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'Ooof!' TSF mocked for falling for 'trick' in Mexico tariff deal
President Donald Trump temporarily backed down on his tariff threats against Mexico after reaching an agreement with his counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo — which prompted a range of reactions.
The two nations' presidents each announced an agreement on sending Mexican forces to the border to prevent drugs and undocumented migrants from crossing into the U.S., and Trump agreed to delay a proposed 25-percent tariffs on goods from Mexico.
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Mexico has made similar agreements without the threat of tariffs," posted Sam Stein, of The Bulwark and MSNBC. " Here in 2021 they agreed to surge the same number of troops to help with migration. Here in 2022 they agreed to invest an additional $1.5b. Here in 2023 were 15 administrative actions."
"Surging 10,000 troops to the border is something Biden got them to do in the past w/o tanking the stock market," added attorney Marcy Wheeler. "Given that @Claudiashein got concessions by giving Trump what Mexico has already given the US, I gotta wonder whether Trump's tantrum was just about shorting the stock market." - Newsbreak.com
The two nations' presidents each announced an agreement on sending Mexican forces to the border to prevent drugs and undocumented migrants from crossing into the U.S., and Trump agreed to delay a proposed 25-percent tariffs on goods from Mexico.
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Mexico has made similar agreements without the threat of tariffs," posted Sam Stein, of The Bulwark and MSNBC. " Here in 2021 they agreed to surge the same number of troops to help with migration. Here in 2022 they agreed to invest an additional $1.5b. Here in 2023 were 15 administrative actions."
"Surging 10,000 troops to the border is something Biden got them to do in the past w/o tanking the stock market," added attorney Marcy Wheeler. "Given that @Claudiashein got concessions by giving Trump what Mexico has already given the US, I gotta wonder whether Trump's tantrum was just about shorting the stock market." - Newsbreak.com
It's so delicious when foreigners that are smarter than the stupid republican knuckledraggers elected here give something back to us, they were already giving to us, something agreed to by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
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Sheinbaum Pardo backing down, assuming he hasn't already. BTW, thanks for the link.
Bookmarking it in my browser. 
Sid
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