DONALD TRUMP WAS SET TO HAVE A MEETING WITH MEXICO'S
PRESIDENT NEXT WEEK, BUT MEXICO'S PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED
TO CALL OFF THE MEETING SINCE TRUMP IS PUSHING FORWARD WITH A
BORDER WALL THAT HE STILL CLAIMS WILL BE PAID FOR BY MEXICANS.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO TWEETED ABOUT THIS --
TRUMP RELEASED HIS OWN STATEMENT ABOUT THIS DURING A
GOP RETREAT IN PHILLY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO AND MYSELF HAVE AGREED TO CANCEL OUR
PLANNED MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK.
UNLESS MEXICO IS
GOING TO TREAT THE UNITED STATES FAIRLY WITH RESPECT, SUCH
A MEETING WOULD BE FRUITLESS AND I WANT TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE.
WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
CHILD THROUGH AND THROUGH.
I CANCELED THE MEETING -- WE
MUTUALLY CANCELED IT BUT I CANCELED IT.
IT ON THE RECORD,
HE SAID HE WAS CANCELING THE MEETING BEFORE YOU DID THAT.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WALL, BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP HAS
PROMISED TIME AND AGAIN THAT THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOESN'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING FOR THIS WALL, THAT MEXICO WILL PAY FOR
THE WALL, AND YOU STILL HAVE TOP OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, SAYING UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL WE
PAY FOR THE WALL.
THE PLAN HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED, AND DONALD
TRUMP IS PLANNING ON TAXING MEXICAN IMPORTS AT 20%.
ON THE
SURFACE THAT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA, MAYBE IT
WILL WORK.
EXCEPT NO, IT'S A DISASTROUS IDEA.
LET ME GIVE YOU
SOME STATS, ABOUT 80% OF MEXICO'S EXPORTS GO TO THE
UNITED STATES, SO ALREADY IT SEEMS LIKE THE U.S. HAS A LOT OF
LEVERAGE, MEXICO STANDS TO LOSE A LOT IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO
THIS TAX.
EXCEPT IT WILL HAVE SEVERE RAMIFICATIONS ON THE U.S.
ECONOMY AS WELL, IN FACT MEXICO IS OUR THIRD LARGEST SUPPLIER
AND THEY SUPPLY A LOT OF THINGS THAT HELP BUSINESSES RUN HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES.
ABOUT $24 BILLION WORTH OF CARS GET
IMPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM SUKKOT, AND SOME MIGHT
ARGUE MAYBE WE WILL BRING MANUFACTURING JOBS HERE TO THE
UNITED STATES AND IT WILL BE GOOD, EXCEPT NO, THERE ARE A LOT
OF CAR COMPANIES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT RELY ON PARTS
THAT ARE MADE IN MEXICO AS WELL, TO THE TUNE OF $75 BILLION A
YEAR.
THIS IS BASED ON 2015 FIGURES.
ALSO IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT CARS, WE IMPORT A LOT OF PRODUCTS FROM MEXICO.
REFRIGERATORS, PRODUCE, THINGS YOU DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT.
SO
WHAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN IF MEXICO DECIDES TO PLAY BALL AND
PAY A 20% TAX?
THEY WILL JUST INCREASE THE PRICES OF THEIR
PRODUCTS AND WE ARE SCREWED AS AMERICAN CONSUMERS.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO WILL INCREASE THE PRICE AS FAR AS YOU
SEE WILL BE THE CARMAKERS AND REFRIGERATOR COMPANIES BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TO PAY 20% HIGHER.
THEY WILL PASS THAT COST ONTO
YOU.
OKAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE AGREE WITH THAT ANYWAY.
THAT'S FINE,
JUST KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING, YOUR PRODUCTS WILL BE MORE
EXPENSIVE.
MAYBE YOU CAN LIVE WITH THAT, BUT THOSE ARE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ACTIONS, WHICH ARE NOT COST FREE.
IF WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THE UNITED
STATES, AND AMERICANS, WITH THEIR DEVASTATINGLY STAGNANT
WAGES, WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR THESE PRODUCTS, THAT'S AN
INTERESTING ARGUMENT.
BUT KEEP IN MIND WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN,
IT WOULD HAPPEN SO WE CAN BUILD AN INEFFECTIVE WALL FOR AN ISSUE
WE DON'T HAVE.
MORE MEXICANS ARE LEAVING THE UNITED STATES THAN
COMING IN, PEW RESEARCH, IT'S A STUDY NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY LOSING MORE UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS THAN THEM COMING IN.
WE ARE BUILDING A WALL FOR
NOTHING.
BY THE WAY, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GET INTO THE
COUNTRY.
THEY COULD DIG TUNNELS.
SO TO SAY I'M GOING TO BUILD A
WALL THAT WILL SETTLE NOTHING, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S A NONISSUE.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF TRUMP'S ACTIONS HAVE BEGUN.
JUST TO
PROVE THAT HE WILL GET MEXICO TO DO IT, HE DOES SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
THAT THEY RETALIATE, MEXICO, A HUGE TRADING PARTNER
FOR US.
ONE DAY CHINA MIGHT RETALIATE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL
BE UPSET.
WHENEVER GAS GOES UP OR DOWN PEOPLE GET SUPER MAD,
THEY THINK IT IS THE PRESIDENT'S FAULT.
MOST OF THE TIME THE
PRESIDENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
WHEN GAS PRICES FELL TO
DRAMATIC LOWS UNDER OBAMA HE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF CREDIT FOR
THAT, LET'S NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
BUT AMERICANS LOOK AT
IT, THEY ARE A LITTLE OVERLY SIMPLISTIC IN THAT SENSE, IF
THEY SEE PRICES RISING THEY COULD BE LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED?
I
THOUGHT THINGS WERE SAID TO BE BETTER, NOT WORSE.
HE'S PLAYING
WITH FIRE.
HE'S GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF GREAT MANUFACTURING JOBS IN AN
UNREGULATED ECONOMY, WHERE HE WANTS TO DO AWAY WITH WORKERS
RIGHTS AND WORKERS PROTECTIONS TO ENSURE WE ARE MAKING DECENT
MONEY FOR THE JOBS WE DO HAVE.
ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND,
WE DO IMPORT OIL FROM MEXICO, WE ALSO IMPORT CELL PHONES FROM
MEXICO, WE IMPORT ALL SORTS OF THINGS FROM MEXICO.
AGAIN, THE
THIRD LARGEST SUPPLIER OF GOODS IN AMERICA.
SO IT WILL HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCE IF HE FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH THIS, BUT
IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S GUNG HO ABOUT BUILDING A USELESS WALL.
IT WOULD BE SUCH A TRUMP MOVE THAT IF HE WERE FINALLY TO BUILD
A WALL, AND I DON'T THINK IT WILL EVER GET FULLY BUILT, HE
BUILDS IT AND THEN THE MEXICANS CAN'T GET OUT, AND HE'S LIKE,
OOPS.
ACTUALLY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, TRUMP AND PRIVATE
PRISONS HAVE A GREAT INTEREST IN ENSURING THEY DON'T GET OUT AND
THEY GET DETAINED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH U.S.
TAXPAYERS FOOTING THE BILL.
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