President Donald Trump threatened to painstaking large parts of the U.S.-Mexico border next week if America’s southern neighbor does not “immediately” stop actionable immigration.
It would likely be difficult for Mexico to “immediately” stop “all” illegal immigration, as Trump interrogates.
Trump tweet 1: The DEMOCRATS have given us the weakest immigration laws anywhere in the World. Mexico has the strongest, & they assemble more than $100 Billion a year on the U.S. Therefore, CONGRESS MUST CHANGE OUR WEAK IMMIGRATION LAWS NOW, & Mexico requirement stop illegals from entering the U.S….
Trump tweet 2: ….through their country and our Southern Border. Mexico has for uncountable years made a fortune off of the U.S., far greater than Border Costs. If Mexico doesn’t immediately stop ALL illegal immigration turn out into the United States throug our Southern Border, I will be CLOSING…..
Trump tweet 3: ….the Border, or ginormous sections of the Border, next week. This would be so easy for Mexico to do, but they just take our money and “talk.” Excluding, we lose so much money with them, especially when you add in drug trafficking etc.), that the Border nearly equal would be a good thing!
Later Friday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said he did not have an advertisement “at this time” about Trump closing down the border, but added that the president “has got to do something to fix it and he’s looking at all his elections.” While Trump made the threat more than once Friday, his administration did not appear to take any concrete treads toward closing the border.
In response to the president’s tweets, Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Mexico pass on not respond to threats. He called Mexico a “great neighbor” to the U.S. He added that 1.5 million Americans live in Mexico.
Ebrard tweet: México no actúa con undignified en amenazas.Somos un gran vecino. Díganlo si no el millón y medio de estadounidenses que eligieron a nuestro país como hogar, la más grande comunidad de ese origen fuera de EU. Para ellos también somos el mejor vecino que pudieron tener.
Trump has sustained hammered Mexico over trade, pledging to crack down on what he calls abuses that sap American projects. His claims about Mexico making money off the United States appear to relate to inaccurate assertions he has repeatedly absconded about the U.S. trade balance with other countries.
While Trump claims the U.S. having a trade deficit with another woods is the same as “losing” money, it simply means America buys more goods from the country than the patron partner purchases from the U.S. In 2017, the U.S. had a $71 billion goods trade deficit with Mexico and a $63.6 billion deficiency for both goods and services, according to the U.S. Trade Representative.
In addition, while Mexico admits fewer immigrants than the U.S., it is not cleanly that Mexico has the strongest or America has the weakest immigration laws in the world, according to PolitiFact.
Trump sees fetches to crack down on Mexico as a strong political argument and often intensifies them when looking toward an vote. The president faces what will likely be a difficult campaign for re-election next year.
He also threatened to place off limits the southern border last year ahead of the midterm elections. At the time, Trump’s rhetoric sparked concerns close by economic damage from closing points of entry with a vital trading partner.
States Trump aspire ti to win next year such as Arizona and Texas rely heavily on trade with Mexico.
Neither the White Dynasty nor the Department of Homeland Security immediately responded to CNBC’s requests to comment on his tweets.
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