Welcome home, fellow Gator.

The Gator Nation's oldest and most active insider community
Join today!

Trump pauses tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days, Trudeau says

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by okeechobee, Jan 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM.

  1. okeechobee

    okeechobee GC Hall of Fame

    11,209
    1,484
    678
    Sep 11, 2022
    Hmmm... why would Mexico agree to send 10,000 troops (not a cheap endeavor) to the border if there was no migrant crisis? It's almost like they're paying for the wall.
     
    • Like Like x 2
    • Agree Agree x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
  2. G8tas

    G8tas GC Hall of Fame

    5,020
    982
    553
    Sep 22, 2008
    Why would Mexico agree to send less soldiers than they have before and how is less soldiers a win for the US?
     
    • Dislike Dislike x 1
  3. okeechobee

    okeechobee GC Hall of Fame

    11,209
    1,484
    678
    Sep 11, 2022
    Not a decrease when you're adding 10,000 troops to the border.
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Fistbump/Thanks! Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
  4. ETGator1

    ETGator1 GC Hall of Fame

    16,098
    1,904
    808
    Apr 3, 2007
    Winning.
     
    • Winner Winner x 3
  5. okeechobee

    okeechobee GC Hall of Fame

    11,209
    1,484
    678
    Sep 11, 2022
    Because less are needed as the U.S. has better control of the border today than we did when Diamond Joe was uh, overseeing things?
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  6. CHFG8R

    CHFG8R GC Hall of Fame

    6,691
    597
    393
    Apr 24, 2007
    St. Augustine, FL
    Again, just stupid. Why our border? Put them on the Guatemalan border and keep them from coming into Mexico. THAT'S the policy that should be pursued here. Mexico guards their border (and their people are starting to get sick of the flow too) which stops the flow before it hits our border. DUH!!!

    So, while our resident MAGA moron cheers this on, once again we get a typically stupid and short sighted MAGA policy that is purely symbolic and accomplishes nothing of substance. These people never cease to astonish me with their ability to find the LCD of stupid.
     
    • Winner Winner x 1
    • Come On Man Come On Man x 1
  7. okeechobee

    okeechobee GC Hall of Fame

    11,209
    1,484
    678
    Sep 11, 2022
    Current score in the trade war:

    USA - 1
    Mexico - 0
    Canada - 0
    China - 0
     
    • Funny Funny x 4
    • Like Like x 1
  8. ETGator1

    ETGator1 GC Hall of Fame

    16,098
    1,904
    808
    Apr 3, 2007
    Stupid is having the gall to say anything at all after 4 years of watching the dems totally destroy US borders to including flying illegals in at taxpayer expense. The less you say the better as what you do say is just plain dumb.
     
    • Winner Winner x 3
    • Like Like x 1
    • Best Post Ever Best Post Ever x 1
  9. CHFG8R

    CHFG8R GC Hall of Fame

    6,691
    597
    393
    Apr 24, 2007
    St. Augustine, FL
    Come on man, what? So, genius (ET Gator1), you think it's smarter to patrol a 2000mile border than a 500mile border? Are you honestly saying to us all that you're really this dumb? Please, genius, explain to us all how it makes more sense to send Mexican troops to the 2000 mile US border than to their own 500 mile border, which would stop 95% of the flow to our border?

    Jesus! Could you people be any dumber? Seriously. Did someone drop you on your head as a child?
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Feb 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
  10. CHFG8R

    CHFG8R GC Hall of Fame

    6,691
    597
    393
    Apr 24, 2007
    St. Augustine, FL
    Great NON ANSWER!!!! About what I expect from you. And I'm expecting something even dumber in response to my last post. Come on! Don't disappoint!
     
    • Dislike Dislike x 1
  11. CHFG8R

    CHFG8R GC Hall of Fame

    6,691
    597
    393
    Apr 24, 2007
    St. Augustine, FL
    Yep. :crickets:

    Don't break your brain there ETGator1 (poor ETGator).
     
    • Come On Man Come On Man x 2
    • Funny Funny x 1
  12. 92gator

    92gator GC Hall of Fame

    14,817
    14,503
    3,363
    Jun 14, 2007
    ^^^^Hell yeah!!! What he said!!!
     
    • Winner Winner x 2
  13. ETGator1

    ETGator1 GC Hall of Fame

    16,098
    1,904
    808
    Apr 3, 2007
    What you said makes no sense. Remain in Mexico will be in the negotiation over the next 30 days. There actually may be a few of the illegals the UF chooses to bring in. That can't happen if Mexico stops the flow at their southern border which they have tried and failed to do in the past. When it becomes push and shove, the illegals sweep the Mexicans away as Mexico won't use force at their southern border to stop the northern flow that results as illegals commit violence to move forward.
     
  14. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

    16,830
    2,157
    1,718
    Dec 9, 2010
    Honestly, the smart strategic play here (at least in the short-term), is probably to let them have their delusions.

    "Oh yes, your big government daddy totally showed those mean, ole Mexicans. They are going to send 10k troops to the border. Joe Biden could certainly have never gotten that deal. Certainly not 3 times. Nope only big government daddy Trump could get that deal. And in doing so, he rescued the stock market, that was only going down because of him. Now go outside and play in the mud while the adults talk."

    But it is kind of fun to introduce them to basic facts.
     
    • Like Like x 2
    • Dislike Dislike x 1
  15. CHFG8R

    CHFG8R GC Hall of Fame

    6,691
    597
    393
    Apr 24, 2007
    St. Augustine, FL
    It actually makes perfect sense. You're just dumb. Either that or you're being purposely obtuse if you can't understand the concept that a 500mi border is easier to patrol than a 2000mi border. THIS is symbolic. Trump's election stopped more border crossings than those 10,000 (unmotivated) Mexican troops ever will. A comprehensive immigration/border plan with Mexico could stop the shit altogether and do so far more cheaply and effectively than trying to do it all at our 2000mi border.

    It's really not that hard to figure out. . . . If you can be bothered to try.
     
    • Dislike Dislike x 2
  16. duggers_dad

    duggers_dad GC Hall of Fame

    17,276
    1,258
    2,088
    Jan 5, 2022
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
  17. citygator

    citygator VIP Member

    12,696
    2,706
    3,303
    Apr 3, 2007
    Charlotte
    Everyone hates his idea so he postpones it and that is a sign that he is making progress? He should announce he is nuking Omaha and then wave it off. Everyone would be so happy and you can brag he saved Omaha!
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  18. citygator

    citygator VIP Member

    12,696
    2,706
    3,303
    Apr 3, 2007
    Charlotte
    Stops reorders genius which is what matters.
     
  19. okeechobee

    okeechobee GC Hall of Fame

    11,209
    1,484
    678
    Sep 11, 2022
    It'll be interesting to see what we get out of Trudeau's government. I don't see the China tariffs going away anytime soon.
     
  20. g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

    127,402
    58,269
    114,663
    Apr 3, 2007
    Clermont, Fl
    • Like Like x 1
    • Fistbump/Thanks! Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
    • Winner Winner x 1