Did Mexico just get a tariff pause by committing to put troops on the border they share with a country that's been implying it might take unilateral military action against Mexico?
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And trump agreed to stop the flow of illegal guns into Mexico. Funny how he did not mention that. But Sheinbaum did. She set the one month deadline and said the troops would be pulled if the guns keep coming in.
If I recall, the Mex-Amer war began partially as a result of troop buildup by both sides, with some US incursions and inevitable MEX retaliatory action forming the justification for conflict. Buildup of troops on both sides of the border in 2025 could be similarly useful to a belligerent US Prez.
Yep. Mexico has soldiers / national guardsmen to the border to act as... customs and border security. And there's usually a few trucks driving around with six or eight soldiers on the back, patrolling the street.
My hometown of Mexicali alone has several hundred soldiers doing this. And we're tiny.
At this point I’m convinced that if you gave me half an hour with him in a locked room I could get him to implement Medicaid for all with a provision for fully covering all gender-affirming surgeries.
And I’m just some guy who’s good at getting drunks to take a cab home.
Even better. They are moving 15,000 troops to the border, that was announced Jan 25. Today they are getting a one month pause for moving 10,000 troops to the border.
Anyone want to bet that they’ll get another pause in exchange for upping the number to 15,000?
To be fair, as stupid as it still is the agreement implies the troops they're supposedly rushing to the border would be facing Mexico and be tasked with keeping people from crossing into the United States, not the other way around.
I'm not the one who gave Mexico a one-month pause on tariffs for agreeing to send 10,000 troops to the border several weeks after Mexico already announced that they were planning to send 15,000 troops to the border.
This was my exact first thought too: 10k more troops in addition to the 15k from the last time Trump did this in 2019... I mean, that's just good border defense prep (while they negotiate new trade & defense agreements with China over the next month)...
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My hometown of Mexicali alone has several hundred soldiers doing this. And we're tiny.
He's just so astoundingly stupid.
I'm not a fan of our president, but thank fuck she's smart enough to deal with his shit.
And I’m just some guy who’s good at getting drunks to take a cab home.
Anyone want to bet that they’ll get another pause in exchange for upping the number to 15,000?
I can continue to build up my forces and if/when an attack happens ...
"It's for the um, cartel smuggling planes."
There is a loud noise behind you. How long does it take to turn around?
Trump won't ask these questions or keep track of these details