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Oneironaut

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28. Trump wants Chinese troops on our border.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2017, 02:54 PM

Jan 2017

What a dumbass. This is all about his ego.

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Mexican President comes out swinging & orders consulates in U.S. to protect Mexicans [View all] riversedge Jan 2017 OP

Mexico will lose metroins Jan 2017 #1

China will offer safeinOhio Jan 2017 #8

this harun Jan 2017 #17

What specifically leads you to believe that...? LanternWaste Jan 2017 #11

Because there is cheap labor all around the world metroins Jan 2017 #20

I don't have the figures watoos Jan 2017 #24

Mexico is more than cheap labor. tazkcmo Jan 2017 #31

The World will follow Mexico bravenak Jan 2017 #12

It's about to become fashionable to give whiny, loser Trump the finger. randome Jan 2017 #14

I agree with you, yep. bravenak Jan 2017 #16

40% of Mexican exports to the US are originally US-sourced. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #23

"what happens if Mexico legalizes pot and cocaine and/or refuses to cooperate in drug interdiction?" tazkcmo Jan 2017 #32

Can Pena's order protect Americans of Mexican descent? LeftInTX Jan 2017 #2

Strong diplomatic pressure bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #3

Trump is turning the USA into a pariah nation Zorro Jan 2017 #44

Pollute and kill bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #45

They're going to get Trumped IronLionZion Jan 2017 #4

One idea I saw was to put a tax on christx30 Jan 2017 #10

Unintended consequences. If Mexico hurts, then more Mexicans will come to USA. NCjack Jan 2017 #18

I also saw a plan to allow people to pay for work visas IronLionZion Jan 2017 #40

actually, it will be US consumers and merchants who pay for that, not Mexico. nt geek tragedy Jan 2017 #25

Depends on how they implement it IronLionZion Jan 2017 #33

The US can't tax companies in Mexico. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #34

Companies don't pay bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #47

slightly more complicated as this is the elimination of a tax deduction more than an actual tax nt geek tragedy Jan 2017 #48

It would hurt them too, but we get hit as well. Lucky Luciano Jan 2017 #35

It really doesn't touch Mexicans directly at all. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #36

Not true Lucky Luciano Jan 2017 #38

indirectly it does hit them, but all of the direct costs are born by American geek tragedy Jan 2017 #41

20% tax on imports from Mexico IronLionZion Jan 2017 #46

Plus, finding some way to prevent family here from sending $ to relatives back home. eom elfin Jan 2017 #39

Nations build walls between them when they are enemies. yallerdawg Jan 2017 #5

One of the talking heads last night wondered if Mexico might turn to China meadowlark5 Jan 2017 #6

Many countries are looking to China: EU, UK, Canada, Philippines, ... . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #15

our former allies will be the ones building a wall. a wall of resistance. mopinko Jan 2017 #7

President Nieto has infinitely more patience and tact than I do. justhanginon Jan 2017 #9

American citizens in Mexico. notdarkyet Jan 2017 #13

those expats bring in tons of $$, not likely to be a target of retribution nt msongs Jan 2017 #19

Damn it - in it's purist form it's just downright racism packman Jan 2017 #21

Trump is going to isolate us from our closest friends. Otoh, good for Pena. Hekate Jan 2017 #22

You go President Nieto nt irisblue Jan 2017 #26

I think it is a record for the shortest time it took a new president to create an international still_one Jan 2017 #27

Trump wants Chinese troops on our border. Oneironaut Jan 2017 #28

All of this is totally unnecessary. Why is this The_Casual_Observer Jan 2017 #29

The Rethugs liked to play 'shut down the government'! SCVDem Jan 2017 #30

And it's turning out to be quite the dangerous game at that. Initech Jan 2017 #43

Yeesh we live in interesting times... n/t Anonymous Bosh Jan 2017 #37

Someone or multiple countries are going to declare war on us in the next 100 days. Initech Jan 2017 #42