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    Trump will ask Congress, not Mexico, to pay for border wall

    http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/po…

    • Uhhhhh. That was not the plan Trump.monospaced
    • he'll say mexico will pay for it through import taxesGnash
    • and through their labour lol_niko
    • but really, who truly thought that the mexicans would actually agree to pay for this?Gnash
    • the only way to do it would have been through tariffsGnash
    • @Gnash 1) The Trump supporters who chanted "build that wall" did 2) There are no tariffs on goods passing between the US and Mexico,...kona
    • there hasn't been for 20 years (NAFTA). This is also the reason why most of Trumps shitty expensive clothes are made in... Mexico.kona
    • So the question really should be... would Trump add tariffs to his own (and his childrens) clothing lines being made in Mexico?!?kona
    • We should definitely consider investing into catapults and a big gigantic oversized robot to guard the gates with that wall.
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    • true kona, but trump also talked about dumping 'bad nafta' and renegotiating all the other 'bad agreements'.Gnash
    • to be clear, I'm not endorsing it, just trying to clarifyGnash
    • He also talked about repealing Obamacare... building a wall... Indicting Clinton... deportation promises... pulling out of Paris climate agreement...kona
    • ... point is... he's talked about so much. Now, will he DO it, or will he back away from it (like all of the above).kona
    • Pretty sure omg not only believed the wall would be built and paid for by Mexico but also posted several times about how it was a good thing.monospaced
    • Based on his rabid and overly enthusiastic stance on the subject, most would conclude that was a major reason he got omgs vote.monospaced

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