Funny how this new tariff annoucement coinsides with his dirty, filthy impeachment problem. Nice new pretty distraction..good job Steve Miller.
Or...Some reports indicate that the decision to threaten Mexico with tariffs seems to have gone over the objections of his own cabinet members. In other words, this could be an example of Trump being rattled by the Mueller investigation fallout, which is why the House needs to continue investigating. Force Trump to react and make more unhinged decisions.
The idea behind this extortion, er...I mean "strategic policy decision" is to make Americans pay more for all the products we buy from Mexico, in order to pressure them into preventing migrants from crossing the border. Don't understand the logic?...Neither do I.
All of this is happening as Trump is pressing congress to approve his NAFTA replacement treaty, which he calls "The most important trade deal we've ever made, by far!"
What a dipshit..
I'm assuming the real back story to the latest verbal chundering by our cloth-eared git of President is intended as having another go at forcing Democrats to fund the Stupid Fucking Wall (SFW):
"Hey, remember when we tried holding the federal government hostage for the SFW? Okay, so it didn't quite work the way we hoped. Clearly, we weren't thinking big enough. Let's hold the entire economy hostage!"
Meanwhile, who the hell is ever going to negotiate in good faith with the USA again? After more than a year of manufactured drama over supposedly getting a more advantageous (to the US) trade deal with Mexico, under threat of punitive tariffs, the administration effectively says, well thanks, suckers, and now we're implementing tariffs anyway.