{"id":64041,"date":"2024-11-27T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64041"},"modified":"2024-11-27T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:14:58","slug":"cnns-republican-shill-says-tariffs-are-not-enough-proposes-starting-a-drug-war-with-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64041","title":{"rendered":"CNN’s Republican Shill Says Tariffs Are Not Enough, Proposes Starting a Drug War with Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the absolute worst ideas that Donald Trump has proposed since becoming president-elect is his promise to impose new tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico, America’s biggest trading partners. His justification for this is that it would serve as a lever to make them end the trafficking of drugs into the United States.<\/p>\n

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Never mind that economists and trade experts agree<\/a><\/strong> that such a reckless and ill-considered act “would significantly increase U.S. inflation next year [and] curtail economic growth.”<\/em> Trump doesn’t really care about the welfare of the American people. If he did he wouldn’t lie to them so flagrantly and frequently.<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: OUCH! Trump\u2019s Flagrant Lies About 14,000 \u2018Criminal\u2019 Migrants Gets a Devastating Fact-Check<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If the gullible rubes who voted for Trump think that he is going to lower the price of gas or eggs, they are going to be woefully disappointed. To the contrary, his plans will increase the costs of everything from fruit to toys to shoes to cars, and more. And to rub some salt into those wounds, it won’t have the slightest impact on drug trafficking.<\/p>\n

Which makes the following exchange about Trump’s initiatives on CNN, between economic contributor Catherine Rampell and Republican hack Scott Jennings, all the more troubling…<\/p>\n

Rampell:<\/strong> Mexico has actually put a lot more border security on its southern border.
\nJennings:<\/strong> It’s really working wonders. This is crazy.
\nRampell:<\/strong> Yes, again, border crossings are down 75 percent. They’re back to what they were under Trump.
\nJennings:<\/strong> If I were [Mexican President Sheinbaum], I would be prepared for my country to possibly have United States military incursions to take out the drug factories and the people who do this to us too.
\nRampell:<\/strong> So, you think we should not only have a trade war, we should have a military war with Mexico?
\nJennings:<\/strong> I think we have to do what we have to do to stop the drugs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jennings: I would be prepared for my country to have US military incursions to take out the drug factories <\/p>\n

Rampell: So you think we should not only have trade war, we should have a military war with Mexico. pic.twitter.com\/BUnycxBWAc<\/a><\/p>\n

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n