As he folds on his demand for wall funding, Trump peddles a new fantasy to his deplorable base
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Remember back in the day when candidate Trump would insist that Mexico was going to pay for his racist wall “100 percent,” which would prompt his cultists to chant “build that wall”? Well, they’re going to need a new chant: xMexico is paying (indAs he folds on his demand for wall funding, Trump peddles a new fantasy to his deplorable base
Remember back in the day when candidate Trump would insist that Mexico was going to pay for his racist wall “100 percent,” which would prompt his cultists to chant “build that wall”? Well, they’re going to need a new chant: xMexico is paying (indirectly) for the Wall through the new USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA! Far more money coming to the U.S. Because of the tremendous dangers at the Border, including large scale criminal and drug inflow, the United States Military will build the Wall!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018 Of course a chant of “let’s pretend our military will build a wall that Mexico really won’t be paying for via a cosmetic change to a not-yet-approved trade pact” doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as well. Read more