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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'All I have done, no credit!' Enraged Trump defends US-Mexico migrant deal
Yesterday in LBN: Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal
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Source: The Guardian
All I have done, no credit! Enraged Trump defends US-Mexico migrant deal
President tweets ire at New York Times and opponents as agreement to avoid tariffs comes under scrutiny
Oliver Laughland in New York
Sun 9 Jun 2019 20.30 BST First published on Sun 9 Jun 2019 17.08 BST
The Trump administration was forced to defend its immigration agreement with Mexico on Sunday, amid reports that key provisions in the deal, forged under the threat of trade tariffs, were mostly old commitments agreed to months ago.
A surge in migration to Americas southern border continues, with May bringing the highest number of monthly apprehensions made by US authorities in the past 13 years.
In the deal announced with significant self-congratulation by Donald Trump on Friday, Mexico agreed to deploy its national guard and to expand a heavily criticised program that keeps migrants seeking asylum in the US in Mexico as their claims are processed. Trump withdrew a threat of 5% tariffs on all Mexican goods.
But on Saturday the New York Times reported that Mexico had already agreed to key provisions in the joint declaration during secretive negotiations over the past six months.
On Sunday, the president fired off a series of enraged tweets as he headed for a second day of golf at his course in Sterling, Virginia.
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President tweets ire at New York Times and opponents as agreement to avoid tariffs comes under scrutiny
Oliver Laughland in New York
Sun 9 Jun 2019 20.30 BST First published on Sun 9 Jun 2019 17.08 BST
The Trump administration was forced to defend its immigration agreement with Mexico on Sunday, amid reports that key provisions in the deal, forged under the threat of trade tariffs, were mostly old commitments agreed to months ago.
A surge in migration to Americas southern border continues, with May bringing the highest number of monthly apprehensions made by US authorities in the past 13 years.
In the deal announced with significant self-congratulation by Donald Trump on Friday, Mexico agreed to deploy its national guard and to expand a heavily criticised program that keeps migrants seeking asylum in the US in Mexico as their claims are processed. Trump withdrew a threat of 5% tariffs on all Mexican goods.
But on Saturday the New York Times reported that Mexico had already agreed to key provisions in the joint declaration during secretive negotiations over the past six months.
On Sunday, the president fired off a series of enraged tweets as he headed for a second day of golf at his course in Sterling, Virginia.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/09/trump-defends-mexico-immigration-deal
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'All I have done, no credit!' Enraged Trump defends US-Mexico migrant deal (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2019
OP
"I sold my country to the Russians, and all I got was an investigation!"
struggle4progress
Jun 2019
#1
struggle4progress
(118,034 posts)1. "I sold my country to the Russians, and all I got was an investigation!"
RainCaster
(10,676 posts)2. Next, he'll take credit for the Louisiana Purchase
The best deal ever
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,480 posts)3. Or Seward's Folly.....
Buying Alaska from Russia, then striking Gold.
sprinkleeninow
(20,133 posts)4. I sold my soul alongside the country of Americans,
and all I got to show for it is this cheap MAGAt hat.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)5. Wrong. We give him entire credit for the Kinder Kamps full of traumatized kids & babies...
We give him entire credit for the adult border prisons that are now packed like...cattle cars.
Don't worry, Red Don. History will give you credit for so much it will make you cry out from Hell.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)6. "All I have done, no credit"
WHAAA, WHAAA, WHAAAAAA...Baby tRump cries again.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,063 posts)7. Sounds like he needs some of this.
For his massive butthurt.