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brooklynite

(94,713 posts)
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 12:02 PM Jun 2019

Trump may delay Mexico tariffs amid Republican revolt - live

Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump may decide over the weekend to delay his planned tariffs on Mexico, a White House official said.

Marc Short, chief of staff to the vice-president, Mike Pence, said the tariffs may be delayed if negotiations between the US and Mexico go well, the Washington Post .

“There’s a long way to go still, that’s the bottom line,” he said, according to the Post. “But I think that there is the ability, if negotiations continue to go well, that the president can turn that off at some point over the weekend.”

Trump has said a 5% tariff on Mexican goods will go into effect Monday, and could increase to 25% over time, because of his displeasure with immigrants crossing the US-Mexico border. US and Mexican officials have been in negotiations, discussing a plan that could keep Central American asylum seekers out of the US and allow the government to quickly deport those who do make it in.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jun/07/trump-news-today-live-biden-abortion-democrats-republicans-2020-updates

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maxsolomon

(33,384 posts)
2. Since he's full of shit, he's allowed to do whatever and claim the opposite.
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 12:07 PM
Jun 2019

Find some cranny of the world where chaos doesn't reign, wade in, start flinging poop, and then crow about forgoing further poop-flinging while holding more poop in your hand.

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)
3. "We'll see what happens, I might or might not"
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 12:11 PM
Jun 2019

“We’ll know in about two weeks”

blahblahdeblahblahblah

these are some TIRESOME MOTHERFUCKERS, I’ll give em that much

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. The republican Draft-dodger-in-Chief is going to again dodge responsibility
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 12:14 PM
Jun 2019

for another one of his colossally stupid ideas.

Pathetic.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
5. They're just trying to help you out, red don
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 12:32 PM
Jun 2019

by trying to prevent you from destroying the economy before the 2020 election.

See, you want to stay out of jail, so it's in your interest to forego the tariffs for now.




 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. The disruption of the
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 01:13 PM
Jun 2019

supply chain and damage has already happened. The first Price increases are already on the Shelf Price tags.

Today's Numbers are a lagging indicating effect of what the Tariff talk has had on our economy.

The Wealthy are just sitting on their Money they gained with the Tax giveaway. Which we all knew was the built in effect of that Tax Bill. Wealthy people do not create Jobs. Consumers create the Jobs.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
11. Their Packaging was
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 03:35 PM
Jun 2019

done on Hiawatha Avenue in South Minneapolis the last I heard,if not,it would be in Ohio. The Label and Packaging Company did close down three of their plants last October. Understand the the Roll Paper used comes from Ontario and Ponzi Don slapped a Tariff on it.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
14. It doesn't matter. Prices are shooting up everywhere to take advantage.
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 06:10 PM
Jun 2019

Which is why almost everyone on Earth with a brain told him not to do that in the first place.

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)
13. Haven't heard this position by the Dem Candidates...or MSM;
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 05:33 PM
Jun 2019

Thousands of guns and millions or rounds of ammo are bought in US border states (mainly Texas) and smuggled to Mexico. According to the LA Times: There is one gun store in Mexico, on an Army base ....and

Each day the army gun store sells on average just 38 firearms to civilians, while an estimated 580 weapons are smuggled into Mexico from the United States.

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