Trump's Mexico "deal" consists largely of "actions that Mexico had already promised to take"

[Miles Archer]

Link to the story on NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/us/politics/trump-mexico-deal-tariffs.html



https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/busted-trump-claimed-victory-on-his-trade-war-even-though-mexico-had-agreed-to-the-actions-before-he-launched-it/

President Donald Trump declared victory in his trade war with Mexico on Friday night, a position that fell apart under New York Times scrutiny on Saturday.

“The deal to avert tariffs that President Trump announced with great fanfare on Friday night consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States over the past several months, according to officials from both countries who are familiar with the negotiations,” The Times reported.

The newspaper noted, “Friday’s joint declaration says Mexico agreed to the “deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border.” But the Mexican government had already pledged to do that in March during secret talks in Miami between Kirstjen Nielsen, then the secretary of homeland security, and Olga Sanchez, the Mexican secretary of the interior, the officials said.”

“The centerpiece of Mr. Trump’s deal was an expansion of a program to allow asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their legal cases proceed. But that arrangement was first reached in December in a pair of painstakingly negotiated diplomatic notes that the two countries exchanged,” the report noted.

[kimbutgar]

1. Create a problem to distract from another problem

Then when people are outraged say he solved the problem by reversing the problem he started in the first place. I hope the media keeps pointing out this bs and calls him out more.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. Absolutely!

It's another "declare victory" and get out without having even done anything.
"Keep moving, folks - nothing to see here........."

What a fraud!

[spanone]

3. The Fraudulent 'president'.

[Politicalgolfer]

4. Question

Sorry this is off topic....but if you like a post someone has made is there no way to indicate that? Example, on Twitter you can select the "heart" to show approval/ support.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. For an opening post (OP), you can recommend it

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