Trump says Mexico has taken advantage of US, must change, now!

[DonViejo]

Last edited Fri Jan 27, 2017, 11:32 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Reuters

27 JAN 2017 AT 09:32 ET

U.S. President Donald Trump kept up his criticism of Mexico on Friday saying the United States southern neighbor had taken advantage of it long enough and demanding that Massive trade deficits & little help on the very weak border must change NOW!

Trumps statement, posted on Twitter, follows a suggestion from the White House on Thursday that Washington could impose a 20 percent tax on goods from Mexico to pay for a border wall, sending the peso tumbling and deepening a crisis between the two nations.

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Trump gets schooled with some facts about trade after whining about deficit with Mexico

ERIC W. DOLAN
27 JAN 2017 AT 10:11 ET

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday to complain about the United States’ trade deficit with Mexico. “Mexico has taken advantage of the U.S. for long enough. Massive trade deficits & little help on the very weak border must change, NOW!” Trump tweeted.

According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the U.S. had a goods trade deficit of $58 billion with Mexico in 2015 and a services trade surplus of $9.2 billion. But journalist Simon Hedlin noted that the trade deficit didn’t tell the whole story.

Simon Hedlin ✔ @simonhedlin
.@realDonaldTrump U.S. goods and services trade with Mexico totaled $583.6 billion in 2015.

This is taking advantage how?

8:21 AM - 27 Jan 2017
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Simon Hedlin ✔
@simonhedlin

.@realDonaldTrump U.S. exports of services to Mexico were $30.8 billion in 2015. This is an increase of 200% since 1993 (before NAFTA).

8:24 AM - 27 Jan 2017
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Simon Hedlin ✔
@simonhedlin

.@realDonaldTrump Sales of services in Mexico by majority U.S.-owned affiliates were $43.4 billion in 2013 (latest data available).

8:25 AM - 27 Jan 2017
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Simon Hedlin ✔
@simonhedlin

.@realDonaldTrump Total U.S. exports to Mexico are up 468% from 1993 (before NAFTA).

8:28 AM - 27 Jan 2017
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Axios also noted that while NAFTA did increase the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico, it also led to a tripling of trade in general. “But the trade deficit is a lousy measure for any of this. More exports means more American jobs. You’d rather have $10 worth of exports and $15 worth of imports than $8 of both and no trade deficit,” the website reported.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/trump-gets-schooled-with-some-facts-about-trade-after-whining-about-deficit-with-mexico/

[Javaman]

1. It's just fucking comical now.

how anyone in their right mind takes this dickhead seriously, is beyond me.

[Generator]

15. It's like you can see him stomping his feet and turning red

More terrible twos than Khrushchev.

[SHRED]

2. Didn't he hear?

Mexico is telling him to fuck off.

What's wrong with this fool?
He will kill our economy.

[MBS]

4. " " " "" n/t

[Coventina]

3. Yeah, all that territory they've stolen from us. All those wars they've won against us.

The way they've treated our economic refugees.....

I tell ya, we've suffered long enough!!!!!

[RobinA]

16. This

[MBS]

5. What a great way to build a constructive and enduring alliance.

(in case you have any doubt):

[CountAllVotes]

6. Must Change Now!

Aww shove it where the sun don't shine would ya Dump??

[Paladin]

7. Hey trump: try some "art of the deal" on Mexico, fuckface. (nt)

[Sunlei]

8. Republican congress must vote to pay USA Corp border workers & usa prison 'workers' minimum wage

Mexico should demand $7.25 an hour as minimum pay for their citizens who work for USA corps in border industrial zones and in the hundreds of acres of American 'tax free' zones.

Our American prisoners need to be *directly paid* the Federal minimum wage, the slavery wage of 20 cents an hour is why corps won't hire regular citizens.

[cstanleytech]

9. Mexico didnt cause the massive trade deficits politicians did by taking bribes

in the form of lobbyist jobs and or campaign donations to look the other way on trade deals did.

[NewJeffCT]

10. Since they're backing off the 20% tariff now

they're going to use words and tweets to get Mexico to pay for the wall?

[GusBob]

11. Our friends shall become our enemies. Our enemies shall become emboldened.

The terrorists will prosper in the voids

[El Mimbreno]

12. It's the other way around

Within 100 miles of our home in New Mexico, there is an American factory in Mexico that assembles computers. The company pays its Mexican workers PER DAY less than US assembly workers would make PER HOUR. This is not a living wage; most of the workers still live in shacks without running water. Who is taking advantage?

[hollowdweller]

13. All Mexico has to do is pay the farm workers to stay home for 1 harvest

Seriously, we better be careful.

If the farm workers and Mexicans "circle the wagons" against Trump by banning US farm imports and get their workers to stay home for 1 harvest season, we lose WAY more than they do.

[rurallib]

14. Hey Donny, it's your corporate CEO buddies that did this

put a few of their corporate asses in the slammer for several years and see if things don't start clearing up.

[heaven05]

17. damn, Mexico, China

who else is the boy-potus going to go after...Canada for any slight I am sure...