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Trump is so impossibly stupid\n\nDJT: Hey Columbia, take these people back!\nColumbia: No\nDJT: Take them back or I will impose tariffs on you!\nColumbia: You mean tariffs that will not affect us one bit, but make the price of our goods more expensive, thus hurting your own people?\nDJT: Yes! Do what I want, or I will hurt my own people and blame YOU!\nColumbia: And they're stupid enough to believe that?\nDJT: They voted for me, didn't they?\nColumbia: Fair point. Still...........no.

No. What the tariffs would mean is that we will not buy anything from Columbia because it is too expensive. We don't want or need anything from Columbia. SEND THEM ALL BACK

Well, this is good. Why the hell aren’t these countries taking back their own people because they know that those individuals are no good that’s why they sent them to us in the first place so this is a good thing. That being said he needs to ease back on with these other two countries I mean really we trade with them a lot talk about getting expensive mercy. 3:41

So every time Trump doesn’t get his way he takes it out on the American people. I guess that’s what America first means.

Don't you mean President Trump young man?

What do you mean retaliatory? Just pay what’s due, fair trade!

We mean business!

Does that mean coke will cost 25% more now?

Ah tariffs mean more costs to the US public…

Oh no that means Dump Jr is gonna freak out because he'll have to pay 25% more for COKE!

“Undocumented migrants”, you mean illegals?

“Undocumented migrants”???? You mean felons…

Democrats lied to illegal immigrants. \nIt’s not a secret that it’s illegal to cross the border through non-legal means.\nBut Democrats are racist and they believe that poor brown countries are special because of skin color. \nThat’s racist , we have a front door through a legal process that every single country on the face of the planet walks through to become a citizen. \nMexico and South America can go through the same damn door. \nThis is Democrat’s fault for lying to them encouraging them to become criminals, breaking US law to come here illegally \nTrump is not separating families. \nDemocrats are separating families because of the lies and false promises that they had no authority to grant.

He hasn't hit Colombia, he's hit the American consumer. And the idiots here that voted for this POS are either too stupid or too mean spirited and racist to care. A plurality of this country is despicable.

So that mean the Colombian coffee going to be high or ?

What you mean a country doesnt want to house their own citizens?

As a deeply concerned Republican and Trump supporter. This 25% tariff on Columbia worries me. Does this mean Matt Graetz's coke cost will be going up?

Does that mean my cocaine is gonna cost 25% more now??

Tariffs on colombia does than mean no more cocaine?

OK....... SO THIS DUDE ISN'T IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A WEEK, AND HE'S PICKING FIGHTS WITH EVERYONE. INCLUDING SEVERAL ALLIES. I'M SURE THIS WILL HELP THOUGH RIGHT? GREAT JOB MAN, DEFINATELY A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ALL TO SEE, REFLECTING ON MANY AMERICANS. THIS IS AWESOME. THE MOST SELFISH, IMMATURE, IDIOTIC, SELF ABSORBED, NARCISSISTIC, ARROGANT, DULL , SMALL MINDED PERSON I'VE EVER SEEN IN GOVERNMENT PERIOD. ME, AND MANY OF MY FELLOW AMERICANS ARE BESIDE OURSELVES WITH EMBARRASSMENT. NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF HIM, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF OUR MANY WAYWARD FELLOW AMERICAN ADULT CHILDREN VOTING FOR THIS TRAIN WRECK. JUST SUPER STUPID. I MEAN, UNBELIEVABLE STUPIDITY.

So what that means is the people are being sent on purpose to destabilize America.

Does this mean no more Shakira Shakira? Oh man.

They would lose LOTS of business as US buys a ton but we also produces it’s our own. Why they already backed down in under 1 hour. \n\nTariffs are used as a weapon, not a tax, because people will stop buying and buy elsewhere. Ultimately it becomes cheaper or the same to buy US made items meaning more U.S. workers.

What is CNN lying about, I mean taking either way I hope that your news network is a distant memory only referenced as a joke stop trying to continue to survive by being liars it’s sad you are a disappointment and a disservice to the people to “help”

Past week? You mean 4 days

I think you mean, Trump hits American companies who import goods from Columbia with tariffs so they can pass those costs down to American consumers. REPORT THE NEWS CORRECTLY or don't report it at all, ffs. Smh

I see no one has attempted to tell him what exactly Tariffs means... ??

They are not migrants ,they are illegals which means they committed a Crime.

so we're all mostly in agreement here... WHAT A FUXING MORON!!!! does he really think that threatening tariffs is going to make the government accept immigrants??? I mean this is NEXT LEVEL STUPIDITY... as they would say in Latin countries.... QUE TONTISIMO!!

Trump Means Buisness and keeps CNN in buisness

Its funny we kick the immigrants out which means fields n plants are empty which means food production goes down which means we'll have a shortage which means we import more food then we do then we pay tarrifs on the food which means higher prices becuz of tarrifs n loss of production/shortage?

People don’t understand tariffs. It hurts the foreign country far more. It means American companies will not buy from them leading them to lower prices or not do business with America. which is catastrophic for them.

Nice try CNN…”undocumented migrants”….you mean “undocumented migrant criminals”…there, fixed it for you.

Colombia does NOT WANT their People back means the people they’re sending are CRIMINALS

Tariffs means that US business will pay an additional cost to import the product which will then be passed on the US consumer through higher prices. So the only ones who will suffer are American consumers.

What did trump think the world is gonna bow down nope they got brics once trump started threatening the world with tarriffs are allies and enemies ran to brics are sanctions mean nothing on world stage anymore we are laughing stock of the world real talk

Trump should look under his roof.....his wife is an immigrant so I guess that means she has to go too!?

This man means business he not playing with nobody these 4 years try him if you want I feel bad if your on the bad side of President Trump

How are you going to tariff something that doesn’t come into the country through legal means? Nobody wants their nose candy taxed.

All this means is that USA consumers pay more for whatever Colombia exports and what consumers will need ( supermarket food produce for example) ?? It does not help US farmers who cannot deliver to super markets their field produce because Trump is deporting workers who go into the fields whom primarily collect it !!!\nTrump is basically taxing the US consumers and pushing prices up !! The US importer pays the tariffs (US customs tax at port of entry) whom then passes it onto the consumer !!\nThe consumer can of course not purchase the product which would hurt Colombia exports; the importers would have to hurriedly find another source whom would probably also increase their price because of demand.\nTrump is a loser and always will be; his businesses are mostly failures; even casinos !!

I mean, we can do America First, but man, oh man, is it going to push our historical allies into the arms of others. China is loving this right now.

Trump is the kind of guy who learned one lesson from school - I think the day his brain worked at school, the teacher was talking about tariffs - he thinks tariffs are the antidote of all problems. The US drinks a lot of coffee, so that means now your Starbucks is double the prices and your people will pay it.

Good maybe that means we get zero cocaine trafficked into our country VIA Pharma.\n\nWe very easily could land against their will with military air support. You are telling me that Columbia can defy the US, please!\n\nNext it will be the cause of coffee going up in price. How about we ration coffee keeping price stable, and boycott Columbian Coffee. Coffee consumption is on the decline anyway. You all are bullshit.

You don t come to USA if you don t know where to leave period .It has been like that for years.Normally from the airport you have to fill the adress of who will host you or the person who sponsored you.\nAnd by immigration standard you should not come here to be a charge and take advantage of the welfare system .From the USA ambassy where you postule for a USA visa everything is designed to avoid those kinds of situations .If you dont have a place to stay then ICE has to send you back to where you came .USA has been almost like that for years???.\nIf you cross the border illigaly you have to be detain and expulse automatically.\nSeeking asylum don t mean it as to be in USA only .There are so many countries crossed by those migrants that could and should take them as asylum seekers unless those countries did not sign the asylum seekers international treaty.

There’s no such thing as undocumented migrants you mean illegal aliens

I would appreciate and encourage the media to call it an import tax which the Americans will ultimately pay. I want to also add why weren't the logistics worked out before hand? It was a waste of tax payers money. There should be legislation worked out. Not by executive order which im seeing doesn't mean its law.

I gotta say, I can definitely relate to Trump. I mean just last week the cook at a local restaurant I frequent burned my steak. So of course I did the only rational thing and imposed tariffs on him.

Trump means business. He ain't playing!

People in hell want ice water, but it doesn't mean they will get it, Donald!

This is what happens when you let an idiot run the country. Lol. The tariff is equivalent to him having a tantrum. Wow. So if he tariffs China this means people won't be buying his cheap suits and ties.