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    Ready aim ----- hold your fire

    trump has backed off his threat to impose tariffs on all Mexican imports---that is the good news and I am sure that both trump and his star struck followers will brag about this from any and every possible venue.

    However, before I share their habitual blind praise, show me the results.

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    I have to assume, since trump says this will, in the twitter words of trump:
    This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States.
    that damn stupid wall is no longer needed
    Last edited by Dave Grubb; 06-08-2019 at 09:44 AM.
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    You are correct in demanding results before proclaiming victory, and let us all hope you are correct that Mexico will do its job thwarting illegal passage from its country to ours obviating a need for a better barrier. I am not holding my breath, as their pols are all paid by the smuggling cartels to aide their enterprises, but with Congress seemingly content with massive illegal immigration, the president is left with only desperate and tertiary measures as an option with going forward with his signatory promise that got him elected. My own scummy Republican Rep., Will Hurd, will not even help him. We have had words to zero effect.
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    The childnishness and stupidity continue to grow:

    From today's NYT:

    1. President Trump hailed his new deal with Mexico to avoid tariffs. But the terms were actually agreed on months ago during secret negotiations, officials in both nations said.

    As part of the agreement announced on Friday, Mexico agreed to deploy its newly formed national guard throughout the country, diverting it from domestic priorities, and to expand a program that makes some migrants wait in Mexico while their asylum claims are heard in the U.S.

    It was unclear whether Mr. Trump saw these as truly new concessions or a face-saving way to defuse his tariff threat.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    The Mexican government gives the appearance of upholding its agreement...
    Mexican military begins arresting migrants riding 'The Beast' train to US border
    It also appears that getting through Mexico is tough all by itself without getting arrested...Warning: The video below is graphic......Ben

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    Yes - I seriously doubt losing one's left foot is worth a free ride into the U.S. I would think this probably happens much more than we hear about it.

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    The more I read about this fiasco the more it smells like a cheap reality TV script.

    I never thought trump would go through with the tariff treat but even I didn't expect the sad reality which has unfolded.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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