In response to Investigating Trump’s Trade War Through the Eyes of China, a reader responded: “Seems like the threat of tariffs brought results. Surprised?”
I replied “Of course not. I talked about this kind of BS in advance. Here is an excellent summation [Tweet] from someone else.”
https://twitter.com/nedprice/status/1137156676979712001
He’s so predictable. It’s a simple recipe:
—Manufacture a crisis on an issue of importance to the base.
—Leave success undefined.
—Pretend to play hardball in a way that rallies the base.
—“Solve” the manufactured crisis.
—Disguise the status quo as a “huge success.” https://t.co/zTkOQL0BJ5— Ned Price (@nedprice) June 8, 2019
That was an amazingly accurate Tweet by Ned Price.
At the time of my reply, I was not aware of this about-to-break story and I do not know if Price was either.
Color neither of us surprised.
Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal
Please consider Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal
The deal to avert tariffs that President Trump announced with great fanfare on Friday night consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States over the past several months, according to officials from both countries who are familiar with the negotiations.
Friday’s joint declaration says Mexico agreed to the “deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border.” But the Mexican government had already pledged to do that in March during secret talks in Miami between Kirstjen Nielsen, then the secretary of homeland security, and Olga Sanchez, the Mexican secretary of the interior, the officials said.
Having threatened Mexico with an escalating series of tariffs — starting at 5 percent and growing to 25 percent — the president faced enormous criticism from global leaders, business executives, Republican and Democratic lawmakers, and members of his own staff that he risked disrupting a critical marketplace.
After nine days of uncertainty, Mr. Trump backed down and accepted Mexico’s promises.
Crisis Questionnaire
https://twitter.com/MishGEA/status/1137526922731298816
Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Ago
What happened?1: Crisis staged
2: Trump wanted more and backed down after upheaval
3: One and Two
4: He’s totally clueless with no idea of what is going on until he gets a reactionhttps://t.co/TlXOdYj2ao— Mike “Mish” Shedlock (@MishGEA) June 9, 2019
Ignore my post title. This is a tough one. I do not know the answer.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
The invasion of over 100,000 welfare wanna-be’s from the south is hardly a manufactured crisis, unless you mean created by the democrats who will do anything to hurt Trump’s policies. It is unfortunate that because of our less than useless congress the only way Trump can get anything done is with tariffs. I am amazed that Trump can put up with all the crap.
….the Dow up 1000 points !!
The old way of dealing with the United States was so predictable. It’s a simple recipe:
Promise something. Talk, talk, talk. Never do sh!t because America won’t take serious and enforce ANY promise another country makes.
NATO needs to spend at least 2% GDP on defense? Ignored for 30 years. Don’t worry – America will pick up all slack.
China needs to open their markets? Ignored since Nixon.
North Korea needs to give up nukes? Ignored since Clinton.
Iran promised to stop developing nukes for all that obama cash? Ignored since Day 1.
Other nations enforcing their own immigration agreements with the United States? Ignored since Eisenhower. But they damn sure take their own immigration laws and treaties seriously.
Now we have a president who actually takes serious the nature of another county’s promise.
Don’t follow through? There will be consequences.
So stop with the fake news.
Vietnam all over again. Declare victory and move on. Trump does a great job of getting publicity.
What’s the point of a ‘signed agreement’? OranguTrump doesn’t honor them anyway. Somewhere down the road he will petulantly change his mind and threaten some other BS.
The mere fact you think ILLEGAL immigration is a manufactured / staged crisis demonstrates your cluelessness.
Resist, Deny, Lie, Investigate,Change the rules, move the goal posts. Everything except legislate. The Democraps and RepubliCons have proven they can’t manage themselves let alone this Nation. I am very glad that it took Mr Donald J. Trump to show how poorly our country has been run and the deception done to the people of this Nation. I am one of those deplorable’s who have had enough. Get behind this great POTUS and be on the right side of history.
Actually, if you look at the history of all this cheer leading by Trump, I think he is really complicit in illegal immigration. Nothing is ever solved for longer than 2 or 3 days and the cycle starts all over again.
Meanwhile, in reality, where the consequences continue for Americans, Mexico has DONE nothing no matter what is claimed about a ‘deal’
The invasion continues and is worsening. Its not about Trump.
And tariffs are a completely valid way to get action and defend the border.
The real issue is that you don’t actually want the border defended. The rest is smug rationalization
You must get a mule’s attention before you can teach the mule. President Trump knows how to teach a mule. Mexicans will agree to anything you ask. Teaching them to honor their agreements requires getting their attention first.
Whoa. Hold on a sec… Mexico agreed back in March to deploy of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border:
“Friday’s joint declaration says Mexico agreed to the “deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border.” But the Mexican government had already pledged to do that in March during secret talks in Miami between Kirstjen Nielsen, then the secretary of homeland security, and Olga Sanchez, the Mexican secretary of the interior, the officials said.”
Pledged in March. Read it again if you missed that. It’s now June. And just three days ago (June 5) we got this headline:
“Record number of undocumented immigrants flooded the southern border in May”
link to nbcnews.com
Pledged in March; record number of illegals in May.
So Mexican government, when are you going to actually do what you’ve pledged to do? Maybe Trump should have had Mexico clarify that actual year they were going to deploy their guard… say perhaps in 2020? 2021? Or whenever they get to it?
Seems to me that maybe Trump’s thinking the same thing I am, and just perhaps he’s getting a bit frustrated with the Mexican govt. Maybe tariffs were his way of getting their attention.
Another classic Trump bs deal lol.Sure he was bluffing,Mexicans (everybody)knew it, so politicians do want they were bred to do…..pretend,like that USMCA bs,just play along and pretend.Problem is what happens when those MILLIONS (with an m)keep pouring across the border?