2016 Postmortem

vlyons

(10,252 posts) Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:01 PM Aug 2016

Trump's Mexican Deal

So here's the deal, Senor Prez, every immigrant you send us, we get $100,000. We'll spend your pesos in the following manner:

30% administrative and security costs
30% contactors building the wall
30% bldg materials bought from Mexico at a 75% contractor price
10% labor, hired exclusively from illegal Mexican immigrants in the U.S.

You watch. Can't wait to see his deal. My expectation is that he'll either return with no deal, or he'll have a stupid deal paid for by U.S. taxes. Does DT have any competence at all? So his Mexican trip is a big, unprepared gamble that he will get lucky.

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Trump's Mexican Deal (Original Post) vlyons Aug 2016 OP

He can't make deals. Logan Act. yellowcanine Aug 2016 #1

Oh sure he can vlyons Aug 2016 #5

You left out the $$$$ to line the maggots pockets Motley13 Aug 2016 #2

No I didn't vlyons Aug 2016 #6

he's going just to blame Obama for the immigration problem. That's all. SummerSnow Aug 2016 #3

he can't have any "deal" at all, wouldn't that violate the logan act? unblock Aug 2016 #4

Reagan made a deal with Iran before he was sworn in vlyons Aug 2016 #7

He totally denied that. He lied, but was never called on his BIG LIE. MoonRiver Aug 2016 #8

not remotely legally. unblock Aug 2016 #9

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)

1. He can't make deals. Logan Act.

Reply to vlyons (Original post)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:11 PM

Aug 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act

vlyons

(10,252 posts)

5. Oh sure he can

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:29 PM

Aug 2016

He can make any deal he can get a handshake on. Enforcing a deal, well that's another question . . .

Motley13

(3,867 posts)

2. You left out the $$$$ to line the maggots pockets

Reply to vlyons (Original post)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:14 PM

Aug 2016

And also $ for Enrique

vlyons

(10,252 posts)

6. No I didn't

Reply to Motley13 (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:34 PM

Aug 2016

30% admin costs - right off the top
30% contractor costs, who may or not be the administrators
30 Mexican manufacturers of materials, who may be owned by the administrators and/or Mexican manufacturers
10% labor

Plenty of opportunity to skim a bundle

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

3. he's going just to blame Obama for the immigration problem. That's all.

Reply to vlyons (Original post)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:20 PM

Aug 2016

unblock

(52,196 posts)

4. he can't have any "deal" at all, wouldn't that violate the logan act?

Reply to vlyons (Original post)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:24 PM

Aug 2016

in public, anyway, either he demonstrates warm fuzzies or plays big bad bully.

or, knowing trump, he'll try to do both.

"they're gonna pay for my wall because they love me!"

vlyons

(10,252 posts)

7. Reagan made a deal with Iran before he was sworn in

Reply to unblock (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:35 PM

Aug 2016

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

8. He totally denied that. He lied, but was never called on his BIG LIE.

Reply to vlyons (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:46 PM

Aug 2016

unblock

(52,196 posts)

9. not remotely legally.

Reply to vlyons (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:51 PM

Aug 2016

and i suppose not legally proven either.

if true, he foiled carter's ongoing negotiations (it was said that they were close to getting a deal done when the iranians abruptly halted all talks).

even if you believe that carter couldn't have negotiated their release, reagan kept the hostages on the ground until after he was sworn in. causing a delay in their release is criminal and heinous.

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