If fentanyl is the big bad bugbear, and we're seizing a thousand times more of the stuff at the southern border than we are at the northern border, has anybody stopped to think that maybe the Canadian border is where we need to send the troops?
BTW - if the poundage is correct, then Canada's number is not 1%. It's 0.1%
But let's stick to the theatrics at hand.
I think Scheinbaum threw Trump a bone. She gave him an off ramp. Sending 10,000 Mexican Guardsmen to the border is a fine and dandy gesture, but what exactly is their mission? She may just be sending them a little camping trip.
- What're they trained to do?
- Do they really have 10,000 weekend warriors who know how to do interdiction work?
- How many guys per border mile is that? *
- 10,000 guys to cover 2,000 miles of border, 24/7?
(* Working round-the-clock shifts, that's 1 guy every ⅔ of a mile - assuming all the cooks and mechanics and truck drivers are on the line too)
And let's not ignore the condescension of it all. Big Daddy Trump and Little Caesar Rubio are going to dictate terms?
I'm all for playing hardball whenever and wherever it's necessary, but this is like - we've been living on this block for a really long time, and we were getting along together pretty well, but now we've got this new temporary manager throwing rocks at the neighbors and trying to push everybody around.
Lastly - we keep seeing every problem from on the supply side. If we could our heads out of our asses for a minute, we might see that the demand for drugs here in USAmerica Inc is what keeps the supply coming in.
Lower demand = lower price
Lower price = lower reward for the same risk
Higher risk aversion = even lower price
Low enough price = very little supply
The same can be applied to our "immigrant problem". We're running around arresting the undocumented workers, but we let their employers slide.
Put a few white-boy business owners in prison for just a few months, and watch this shit practically disappear - as the pay for regular workin' folks goes up.
Key Points
Trump in a social media post said that during the pause “we will have negotiations” on the tariffs “headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico.”
He also said “I look forward to participating in those negotiations” with Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum “as we attempt to achieve a ‘deal’ between our two Countries.”
The announcement came two days after Trump slapped 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, and 10% tariffs on goods imported from China.
Sheinbaum over the weekend threatened retaliatory tariffs on goods imported from the United States, and non-tariff measures, but had not disclosed the rate for the tariffs.
- President Donald Trump paused for a month new 25% tariffs on goods entering the United States from Mexico.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to immediately send 10,000 soldiers to her country’s border to prevent the trafficking of fentanyl and other drugs.
- The announcement came two days after Trump slapped 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% tariff on goods imported from China.
- Trump said there will be Mexican officials, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick will negotiate on tariffs.
President Donald Trump on Monday said he is pausing for one month his new 25% tariffs on goods imported from Mexico after that country’s president agreed to immediately send 10,000 soldiers to the U.S. border to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico.
Trump in a social media post said that during the pause “we will have negotiations” on the tariffs “headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico.”
He also said “I look forward to participating in those negotiations” with Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum “as we attempt to achieve a ‘deal’ between our two Countries.”
The announcement came two days after Trump slapped 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, and 10% tariffs on goods imported from China.
Sheinbaum over the weekend threatened retaliatory tariffs on goods imported from the United States, and non-tariff measures, but had not disclosed the rate for the tariffs.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday night that his country would implement a 25% tariff against $155 billion in U.S. goods in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs, which had been announced hours earlier.
China has said it will challenge the tariffs at the World Trade Organization.
U.S. stocks, which had opened trading lower Monday, regained most of those losses on news of the pause of the tariffs on goods from Mexico.
Trump and Sheinbaum spoke Monday morning ahead of the announcement of the pause.
Both he and Sheinbaum said that the Mexican National Guard troops that she is sending to the border with the U.S. will have the mission of halting drug trafficking from Mexico, particularly that of the deadly opioid fentanyl.
Trump also wrote that the Mexican troops will aim to stop the flow “of migrants into our Country.”
Sheinbaum first disclosed the pause on the tariffs on Mexico in a post on the X social media site.
“We had a good conversation with President Trump with great respect for our relationship and sovereignty; we reached a series of agreements,” Sheinbaum wrote in the tweet, according to a translation from Spanish.
She also wrote, “The United States is committed to working to prevent the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico.”
Trump had not mentioned a commitment to stem the flow of weapons in his Truth Social post about his conversation with Sheinbaum.
At a news conference Monday morning, Sheinbaum was asked whether the issue of migrants and deportations from the U.S. was addressed during her call with Trump.
“We will always support and defend them. Always,” Sheinbaum answered.
She also said Mexican officials in discussions with the U.S. State Department are “working hard to defend our Mexican brothers and sisters.”
China has said it will challenge the tariffs at the World Trade Organization.
U.S. stocks, which had opened trading lower Monday, regained most of those losses on news of the pause of the tariffs on goods from Mexico.
Trump and Sheinbaum spoke Monday morning ahead of the announcement of the pause.
Both he and Sheinbaum said that the Mexican National Guard troops that she is sending to the border with the U.S. will have the mission of halting drug trafficking from Mexico, particularly that of the deadly opioid fentanyl.
Trump also wrote that the Mexican troops will aim to stop the flow “of migrants into our Country.”
Sheinbaum first disclosed the pause on the tariffs on Mexico in a post on the X social media site.
“We had a good conversation with President Trump with great respect for our relationship and sovereignty; we reached a series of agreements,” Sheinbaum wrote in the tweet, according to a translation from Spanish.
She also wrote, “The United States is committed to working to prevent the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico.”
Trump had not mentioned a commitment to stem the flow of weapons in his Truth Social post about his conversation with Sheinbaum.
At a news conference Monday morning, Sheinbaum was asked whether the issue of migrants and deportations from the U.S. was addressed during her call with Trump.
“We will always support and defend them. Always,” Sheinbaum answered.
She also said Mexican officials in discussions with the U.S. State Department are “working hard to defend our Mexican brothers and sisters.”
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