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It's only for a month. And it looks like Trump finally got Mexico to pay for a wall - not an engineered wall, but a wall of 10,000 soldiers on the border.
From what I've seen, much of his 'win' over Mexico is 'getting' them to do exactly what Biden was able to get them to do ... though Biden did it without causing diplomatic or markets drama.
“I assure you: Trump, with his character, with his persistence, he will restore order there [Europe] quite quickly. And all of them, you will see — it will happen quickly, soon — they will all stand at the feet of the master and will wag their tails a little. Everything will fall into place,”
Now the illegal migrants and drugs can pass under the protection of 10,000 soldiers. Any agreement that does not tie to verifiable numbers is just another Houdini’s act.
Watch this Monday interview with Richard Fischer, former Dallas Fed Pres and Deputy US Trade representative, whose first language is Spanish because he grew up in Mexico.
From this AM news, it looks like China has counter-tariffs. Xi hasn't called Trump to ask for temporary postponements of the new tariffs as Scheinbaum (Mexico) and Trudeau (Canada) did. Old news was also that Xi was invited to the Inauguration but sent an underling.
NPR's Here and Now did an interview with a WaPo reporter based in Mexico City today. Seems Mexico already has 15,000 troops stationed along the U.S. border.
* I was actually able to tune into PBS later in the day. I was concerned because it's been reported that uncle Orange was seeing to it that investigations would be undertaken into those bastions of woke-dom and general harm to the public. Sieg Heil.
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Yep. Trust that billions are being made these past two weeks (and for the foreseeable future) on whispers and winks.
PS - It’s a good thing nobody’s making drastic portfolio changes based on every word emanating from the White House these days.
Is the US border "safer" with 10K Mexican soldiers stationed there? Not confident about that one.
I can't imagine anyone was impressed by this performance piece. Well, Putin was impressed for a little while at least: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/03/putin-says-europe-will-stand-at-feet-of-master-as-trump-imposes-tariffs.html
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wM4aLrbvvb8
Trouble with Mexico is described by Richard Fischer, very tactfully. The gummint there does not really have control of things.
Did the Orange Monster pull the plug?
Make sure to silence all those who dare oppose you.
The blitzkreig continues. SCHNELL, dummkopfs.
https://npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5285539/doge-musk-usaid-trump
Some of those working for Musk don’t have security clearance but they are assess classified files in the Treasury department.