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[newmedman]

The great thing about this guy is that he's extremely stupid. The bad part is the whole world knows how stupid he is too. His supporters are too stupid to realize that the trade agreement he is trying to destroy is the same one he negotiated for 6 years ago and gave the same line of bullshit then saying that he saved American manufacturing. Today he's blaming Biden and you numbskulls will believe that shit.

Good thread, the link is at the bottom. some seriously funny responses. LOL This guy is a MORON.

Catherine Rampell
?@crampell.bsky.social?
So, Mexico has agreed to do what it is already doing?
www.reuters.com/article/worl...


?Mark Chadbourn? ?@chadbourn.bsky.social?
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Mexico will deploy 10,000 national guard soldiers on the US border immediately to stop drug trafficking, President Sheinbaum announced. In response tariffs on Mexico have been paused for a month.
February 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM


?Catherine Rampell? ?@crampell.bsky.social?
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It seems like the trick to negotiating with Trump is to realize he doesn’t have any idea what the current facts are.
"Oh you want 10,000 troops?" says world leader who already deployed 15K. "Great 10k it is"


?Catherine Rampell? ?@crampell.bsky.social?
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"Oh you want to send flights of deportees into our country?" says another Latin American world leader who has already been accepting commercial flights of deportees into his country for years. "Sure, you win, I prostrate myself before you: you may send us flights of deportees"


?Catherine Rampell? ?@crampell.bsky.social?
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"Oh you demand huge foreign spending in the United States?" says world leader who had previously agreed to buy a half-trillion dollars in weapons from the US while Biden was president. "Sure, our sovereign wealth fund promises to spend a half-trillion dollars on the US!"


?Catherine Rampell? ?@crampell.bsky.social?
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"Oh you demand companies create manufacturing jobs in the US, or else?" says CEO who announced construction of new plant years earlier. "If we must, we will open a factory just to please you!"


?Catherine Rampell? ?@crampell.bsky.social?
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Adding more recent data to this thread bsky.app/profile/cram...

?Catherine Rampell? ?@crampell.bsky.social?
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Any news outlet reporting Mexico conceded anything to Trump to get him to delay tariffs has not done its homework.
Trump boasts he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there
prami.ibero.mx/informes-y-i...

So, Mexico has agreed to do what it is already doing? www.reuters.com/article/worl...

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2025-02-03T15:46:09.992Z

[blackhawks]

You response is, as usual, contrafactual. Move your lips as you read who was seething over Trump's irresponsible actions. Bottom line is that the bill would have passed in the Senate which more broadly mirrors/represents the national interest than does the House, with it's insurrection supporting treason weasel members from the dumbest parts of the states they represent.

GOP senators seethe as Trump blows up delicate immigration compromise

Manu Raju Melanie Zanona Lauren Fox Ted Barrett
By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN

Updated 8:52 PM EST, Thu January 25, 2024

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/politics/gop-senators-angry-trump-immigration-deal/index.html

Senior Senate Republicans are furious that Donald Trump may have killed an emerging bipartisan deal over the southern border, depriving them of a key legislative achievement on a pressing national priority and offering a preview of what’s to come with Trump as their likely presidential nominee.

In recent weeks, Trump has been lobbying Republicans both in private conversations and in public statements on social media to oppose the border compromise being delicately hashed out in the Senate, according to GOP sources familiar with the conversations – in part because he wants to campaign on the issue this November and doesn’t want President Joe Biden to score a victory in an area where he is politically vulnerable.

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged in a private meeting on Wednesday that Trump’s animosity toward the yet-to-be-released border deal puts Republicans in a serious bind as they try to move forward on the already complex issue. For weeks, Republicans have been warning that Trump’s opposition could blow up the bipartisan proposal, but the admission from McConnell was particularly striking, given he has been a chief advocate for a border-Ukraine package.

Now, Republicans on Capitol Hill are grappling with the reality that most in the GOP are loathe to do anything that is seen as potentially undermining the former president. And the prospects of a deal being scuttled before it has even been finalized has sparked tensions and confusion in the Senate GOP as they try to figure out if, and how, to proceed – even as McConnell made clear during party lunches Thursday that he remains firmly behind the effort to strike a deal, according to attendees.

“I think the border is a very important issue for Donald Trump. And the fact that he would communicate to Republican senators and congresspeople that he doesn’t want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame Biden for it is … really appalling,” said GOP Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, who has been an outspoken critic of Trump.

He added, “But the reality is that, that we have a crisis at the border, the American people are suffering as a result of what’s happening at the border. And someone running for president not to try and get the problem solved. as opposed to saying, ‘hey, save that problem. Don’t solve it. Let me take credit for solving it later.’”

GOP Sen. Todd Young of Indiana called any efforts to disrupt the ongoing negotiations “tragic” and said: “I hope no one is trying to take this away for campaign purposes.”

“I would encourage (chief Senate GOP negotiator) James Lankford and other conservatives to produce a work product with which they will shortly allow conservatives like myself to review it and take heart that there are a number of us who won’t be looking to third parties and assessing the propriety of passing this bipartisan proposal,” Young said.