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We are 1/4 of the worlds economy. If they wanna stare down, they are going to feel some pain. Trump is using this as a bargaining chip to grow. Commerce in the United States.

CNN hasn't changed one bit!!.....still pushing lies!.......\nmex pres.....you're not going to win bucking trump!

Trump and his special needs Maga supporters are making the U.S. a global joke. If I go abroad I will probably have to disguise myself as a non U.S. citizen.

Trump is an idiot and he's going to tank the Midwest red States producing farm products. Those farming red states export to those countries that trump will tariff and those countries are going to set their own tariffs on the US imported products including farm produce, auto goods etc. But hey they voted the idiot in and now they get what they get. ?

I'm old. You know how I know that for sure? I remember Laugh-in and I keep hearing Sock-It-To-Me, Sock-It-To-Me, Sock-It-To-Me. Tariff's arent' going to strengthen our trade negotiations with China. Quite the opposite. They'll just cut a better import deal with other countries. And it's not COUNTRIES that are ripping us off - it's CORPORATIONS. Trump wants you to believe it is countries so he can give tax cuts to corporations and dumb people won't know how badly that is screwing us over. It's like 'Over here is the REAL evil', not over there! Trust me! I'm your protector!!'

Go figure… Trump likes a system that enables corruption. \nThe US is a world laughing stock.

79% of the people want something that can’t happen; the President, any president, has no direct control over retail prices. Increasing tariffs though will raise prices and drive inflation. People think Trump is president so food and fuel will return to pre-COVID levels; it isn’t going to happen.

Tarriff exclusions are a carrot and stick, which will bring businesses and entire industries to heel. Corruption is going to flood the zone, as Trump threatens disaster after disaster, and makes everyone bend kneees and open wallets to get out of it. Bezos' WaPo policy is a canary in the coal mine. DOGE will also be used in this fashion - in addition to being the world's biggest crypto scam: nothing will shoot crypto prices up like cutting tens of thousands of civil service jobs and replacing them with blockchain + AI, forcing mass adoption. If that sounds like conspiracy theory, this is Musk we are talking about - blockchain and AI are two of his favorite techs. The non-agency is named after a crypto that was nearly worthless - until Elon hyped it in 2020, manipulated the market, and is now worth 54 billion while having no inherent value. Much of that came as Trump endorsed crypto and Musk endorsed Trump. If you don't want your Federal funding cut, talk to one of Elon or Vivek's shell companies. If you want a tarriff exclusion. If you don't want your workers' families deported . . . the list goes on and on.

I don't think anyone that voted for Trump knows basic math. I know you people on here think Mexico is going to pay the tariffs but the truth is the consumer payees for the tariffs and taxes of all goods coming from Mexico. They way I see it. The American people are just making Trump even more money. Yes please close the borders and see how ridicule's high your ever day goods will sky rocket. With the exception of guns the USA doesn't provide Mexico with any essential products. Again do your math people. On top of that. You can't bully Mexico anymore. Those times are over.

CNN: Mexico has done a lot or help Biden on the border. \n\nlol, who is going to tell CNN? They are so dumb and oblivious . Trump won largely because of the shit border lol

All these morons thought this idiot was going to lower prices of food, goods, and gas. Good luck with that. \nHis first day in office he is going to put huge tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico. \nThis in turn will make prices go UP considerably, Simple math Trump could never understand. \nOh, and wait until there is NO ONE to work the fields . Vegetables and fruit will be sky high. \nUnbelievably, this is what people voted for

DJT is going to take credit for those low border numbers. TRUST ME. He called BIDEN the worst president ever (DJT doesn't know history). Biden has worked for a cease fire in the Middle East (watch Trump take credit) and he'll try and take credit for the border numbers.

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Trump is about to get a lesson in how the real world work. He is going to isolation himself from the real world ? 25 per cent tariff on Canada ?? is he out of his mind. Idiot

Waiting for things go up in the market to see how happy Trump supporters reac

If yall would give America time to re industrialize the prices will go down. But trump needs to take the money from tarriffs and give it to businesses to build new factories, creating more jobs.

??THE PEOPLE VOTED TRUMP IN... LET TRUMP PROVE HIS THEORY... CLOSE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BORDERS..???\n\nGO TRUMP... GO TRUMP

She is right!!! Let’s work together!!! Go Trump

Trump is selling the American People Snake Oil! It's going to get bad in America.

When is cnn going to stop being a cheer leader for trump its so embarrasing. They literally copy the same news as fox

Trump is shivering his timbers. He’s going to make this hag make him a sandwich in no time.

Go to hell, trump.\nTry putting s tariff on Mexico, trump dumb idiot.

TRUMP He is going to destroy the economy again like he did in 2020

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I do not want trump as president . He is an inserectionist, treasonous criminal and traitor. He must NEVER be back in the White House. You are so afraid of him but you should not be. I’m afraid if you don’t act now, firmly and forcefully it will be a mistake. Trump is mentally and emotionally unstable, damaged, ill. I believe Russia somehow helped trump win. This can’t go on! Stand up to him and defeat him. For our sake.\nPlease ?.

If Trump does a mass deportation in the US, Mexico is going to do the same kicking all Americans out of their country. Trump is a poor business man and no leadership but chaos.

The President of Mexico. She is a female and she is very smartcheck. Her background because she knows what's going on. And Donald Trump does not know the laws of the global. World, he just wants to do what he wants to do. I'm telling you everybody. It's going to be the roughest 4 years of everybody's life. You voted for this man. You wanted him and he's trying his best to do what he said. He's going, but he is going to fail miserably. There is no chance that he's going to winanything that he says that he's going to do. This is all the world makes deals and makes things go round and roundfor everybody. In this globe, sincerely yours watch out for all the hectics. Call me from elect president trumphe is going to hurt our The way we do things?????????

You go Trump get them who cares we don't need their stuff anyways we need American made stuff thank you Trump thank you Trump.

Yeah. Let's see how she likes 100% tariffs and a total ban on remittances. Mexico exports 30% of all exports to us, remittances are even more $. We export 1% of our exports to them.\n\nShe's a cartel pawn, and Mexico is a narcostate. This was stupid on their part, but unsurprising. Trump is going after the cartels. I am sure they are upset.

God bless we have Trump now! ?? Do they think if they get through before he takes office that they're going to get to stay? He will turn their asses right back.

Four more years of this nonsense ?. I wish Trump would just shut up ! Talk, talk, talk. First it is going to be 100% or 200% now 25%. Talk, talk, talk !!!

Of course, prices will go up, but that's not the main issue here. Besides, liberals are the last group who should be complaining about rising costs! The real question is who will suffer the most. President Trump has done this before—if you recall, he did it last time, and within 30 days, Mexico secured the border. She's playing politics right now, as expected, but I guarantee she'll eventually back down. The price increases you keep mentioning will impact their economy far more than ours, and she knows this. It's a negotiation tactic, and in the end, Trump will secure the border. She can't just give in or she'll appear weak. She has to play the political game, but I can guarantee they've already had discussions and are working on a deal. If you believe politicians are always transparent, you're being naive. They say one thing to the public while doing something completely different behind closed doors.

In 1930 American politicians decided to significantly increase tariffs \nand 25 other countries immediately responded by imposing significant tariffs\non American products and the trade war made the depression significantly worse.\n\nTrump's trade war won't likely lead to a depression but it will make things \nworse for almost everyone.\n\nExpect higher inflation, economic stagnation and also economic disruption \nas American companies can't suddenly and magically create new production \nto replace imports and can't do it as cheaply or they would already have been doing that\nand American exporters are going to face tariffs and sanctions imposed \non their products by other countries.\n\nThe extremely integrated car manufacturing industries in the United States, Canada and Mexico could be thrown into chaos.\nAn average car part crosses a border about 8 times during production.\nHow the heck do high tariffs deal with that standard car production situation?\n\nTrump would know all this if he thought about history or\nabout how the North American economy works or thought at all\nbut thinking is not something that appeals to Trump.\nInstead he just spouts out whatever random idea pops into his head \nand calls it policy.

Trump is the biggest Hypocrite in America!\nThis is a guy who’s merchandise, that he sells to his cult followers mainly comes from China, NOT THE US! Is he going to put a tariff on the crap he imported! Of course not!\nHis own daughter, in his first term, on an official visit to China, negotiated HUNDREDS of trademarks with CCP officials, whilst being an advisor of daddy’s administration! Which netted her and Jared millions of dollars in profits! Talk about republicans being massive HYPOCRITES, they should’ve investigated her! But the GOP have all become LICKSPITTLES, AND RING KISSERS to their Dear Leader!

Why don't you take a break from Trump and report to us on how Kamala Harris blew 1,5 Billion dollars on her campaign and landed 20 million dollars in dept, Staffers not paid starting gofundme pages??? You are Trump deranged and not real news. CNN will go bust soon, just like the Harris campaign.

for those that don't understand tariffs. If I currently import a t-shirt from Mexico for 10.00 and sell it in the US for 15.00, I make 5 dollars in profit which I use to pay my staff and keep my business running. When Trump puts a 25% tariff on that t-shirt, it now costs me 12.50.You think I am going to eat 2.50 per t-shirt. No, I'm now going to charge you, the consumer, 17.50 for the same t-shirt because my cost of doing business has not gone down. You all really need to do some research and understand tariffs. I'm not moving my business to the US. I'm still getting the same amount of money for my products. The US consumer is footing the bill....

What exactly is Trump going to do in order to bring-down prices ?

Trump doesn't care about the results of his tariffs. He wll blame the destructive results on someone else. He is just eladed to know that he will not be held accountable and doesn't have to go to prison. He will spend his presidency golfing and attending rallies to get his dose of endorphins from his MAGA sycophants.

Hahaha and the low number of border crossing is after the news trump got elected, it already started working it's magic. Just like the stock market, are the left also going to say biden made the stock rise

So if Mexico and Canada somehow stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States \nis Trump in return going to bring in adequate gun control laws so that the flow of smuggled American guns into Mexico and Canada is stopped?\nMexico and Canada should demand that in return.\nSmuggled American guns are responsible for a huge proportion of the shootings and murders in Mexico and in Canada.\n\nAnd I doubt very much that there is significantly more fentanlyl entering the United States from Canada than is entering Canada from the United States.\n\nAnd completely stopping the flow of fentanlyl sounds like magic.\nIt's impossible.\n\nAnd the whole reason for the movement of fentanlyl is the demand in the United States \nso even if Mexico and Canada could completely stop the flow of fentanlyl \nthere will still be fentanlyl in the United States - either imported or produced in the United States.\n\nI don't believe that Trump doesn't really cares about fentanlyl addicts.\nHe just wants an excuse to be a bully and to express his xenophobia.\nWho believes Trump really cares about fentanlyl addicts? Nobody.

Biden and Harris made a mess at the border and of course the hard-core liberal Mexican president wants to continue with the US border being open for illeggals. Trump is going to fix it like it or not. That is why the democrats lost badly not by a little but by a lot.??

If tariffs costs are not paid by the country they're placed on, then why would she care? It doesn't affect Mexico, it affects the US, so why not just say, go ahead you're not gonna hurt us in anyway and it's not gonna stop migrants or Americans from carrying drugs over the border. Trump needs to look at our laws if he wants to stop Americans from being drug mules..

Trump is the reason why they have slowed down at the border. They know he is going to close the border. Your lies are ridiculous.

Go Trump ???

So if we elected a woman in this country that is not White she is DEI. I like Mexico President she is no weakling like those jelly fish men that are around Trump and she is no butt kisser like those women around Trump. She is tough, nice looking and a women in power, that is going to drive the White women in the Trump party mad and make them full of raged. Their jealous might have stopped Harris for right now but they can not do anything to her. And to the men in Trumps world you will not see her trying to have oral sex with a mic.

I guess there is comfort in the fact, if the tariffs go through, Trump Bible, Trump Watches, Shoes ... etc that are manufactured in China, will become more expensive ... so, there's that ...

The knee will bend to Donald Trump...or go broke. Mexico most of all

Trump is going to ruin America

CLOWN tRUMP is going to lose his mind that a woman stood up to him and spoke intelligently with facts! It's the United States consumers that will pay these terriffs and tRUMP keeps waving them as though it was a cannon pointed at the opposing nation where in reality it's actually pointed directly at his constituency or citizens of the nation he is about to be the president of!\nLet the clown show begin!

Here we go again...Economics by the creator of TRUMP UNIVERSITY...He is an idiot