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This is getting overlooked, but the whole premise of Trump's threat of tariffs is based on a lie. He's claiming Mexico must be bullied into stopping migrants. But Mexico is *already* doing this. That's a big reason crossings have dropped. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1888...

newrepublic.comMexican President’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Exposes an Ugly MAGA ScamClaudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump’s threat of tariffs revealed truths that the president-elect doesn’t want Americans to know.

Experts say Biden's diplomacy is what secured Mexico's cooperation. As one tells me: “If Trump wants Mexico to crack down on unauthorized migration, then Biden has already gotten Mexico to do that to a greater extent than ever before without tariffs.” 4/ newrepublic.com/article/1888...

newrepublic.comMexican President’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Exposes an Ugly MAGA ScamClaudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump’s threat of tariffs revealed truths that the president-elect doesn’t want Americans to know.

Trump's scam is designed to create the illusion that his fearsome threats are needed to get Mexico to act. Bank on this: Once he's in office, he will credit his threat of tariffs for getting Mexico's cooperation, even though it's already happening. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/1888...

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This was my first thought as soon as he “announced” his tariffs on 🇨🇦🇲🇽. Not to suggest he’s playing 4D chess, but we’ve seen him lie, manipulate and take credit for other’s accomplishments enough to see the shell game he’s playing here.

It is a scheme to raise taxes on us again to pay for billionaire tax cuts and move money into the private companies owned by the oligarchs he is installing in his cabinet.

He’ll say his “strongman tactics” solved the border, issue no tariffs, prices will stay low and he’ll claim it was all lib panic and hes smarter than everyone

Exactly. And he’ll get the full backing of the RW propaganda machinery on this. It can create any false reality it chooses and successfully foist it on “the base”, even dragging legacy media halfway along. This way they never lose. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel.

Trump is going to take credit for EVERYTHING that the Biden administration and congressional Dems did, from the border to the economy to infrastructure. Looking forward to lots more written about it in the coming year.

He'll not only take credit for the results which will start to go backwards when he cancels out everything Biden and the dems have done and then will blame them for the decline of so many things as his policies start failing as they did the last time.

This has been my theory since his Mexico/Canada rant. He knows the tariffs are bad for everybody and people don't want them, but it was a campaign promise, so he put the responsibility on them. He then says that he fixed the border situation, so no need for tariffs. Both border and tariffs solved.

Unfortunately, MAGA is impervious to reality and will ignore this, instead focusing on how Trump fixed everything better and faster than he promised, even if it had nothing to do with him or he destroys the global economy. They'll blame the black guy or some woman instead.

He already has. So have MAGA. We know better. There never was the massive caravans. Funny how they only appear every 2yrs near election time. Biden has worked with the Mexican Govt to curtail this for the last 2 years.

And what does our 🇨🇦 government do now? Serious question. Do they join in on the fantasy/ lies/ propaganda to get Trump to back off? Do they even see it like that? It's embarrassing, sure. It's capitulation with no consequences (besides said embarassmet). So, do they engage? Again, serious question.

The media will fall in line with the pile of bullshit. They'll be so surprised when border crossings dropped, ignoring what has been happening 4 the past few years.