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2019-05-31 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexico president tells POTUS: 'America First is a fallacy' in response to tariff threat

[USA Today] WASHINGTON ‐ The president of Mexico says he wants to avoid a confrontation with the United States, but had harsh words about President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexican goods to pressure the nation to stem the flow of Central American migrants.

"America First is a fallacy," President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, often referred to as AMLO, said in a public letter released late Thursday.

López Obrador also announced he was sending his foreign minister to Washington, D.C., on Friday to negotiate with U.S. officials ahead of a June 10 deadline set by Trump.

In a Thursday tweet, Trump said that on June 10 the United States "will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP."

In the tweet and in a separate written statement, Trump claimed that the tariff will escalate by 5 percentage points each month until "the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied," at which time it will be removed. Trump said the tariff could reach 25% by Oct. 1.

As for Trump's statements, AMLO said: "With all due respect, although you have the right to express it, 'America First' is a fallacy because until the end of times, even beyond national borders, justice and universal fraternity will prevail."

Posted by Besoeker 2019-05-31 10:10|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ] Top

#1 As for Trump's statements, AMLO said: "With all due respect, although you have the right to express it, 'America First' is a fallacy because until the end of times, even beyond national borders, justice and universal fraternity will prevail."

Translation:

I am very concerned about our cartel's market share.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-05-31 10:17|| 2019-05-31 10:17|| Front Page Top

#2 ....hmmmm.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-05-31 10:35|| 2019-05-31 10:35|| Front Page Top

#3 B said it all.

Posted by Woodrow 2019-05-31 10:38|| 2019-05-31 10:38|| Front Page Top

#4 I get really agitated when somebody says "you gotta buy my stuff", from middleman distributors on up.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-31 10:40|| 2019-05-31 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 ¿Cómo se dice en español, "Bite me!" ?

Posted by SteveS 2019-05-31 10:59|| 2019-05-31 10:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Messco is SHOCKED, sending Ministers to DC fer talks.

Posted by Angairong Flavigum3253 2019-05-31 11:44|| 2019-05-31 11:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Trump claims his Mexican border tariffs are 'about stopping drugs as well as illegals' amid market plunge

Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-31 11:54|| 2019-05-31 11:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Put a tariff on fentanyl and they'll be hurtin' for certain.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-05-31 12:07|| 2019-05-31 12:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Put a tariff on fentanyl and they'll be hurtin' for certain

That's more of a ChiCom thing.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-05-31 12:16|| 2019-05-31 12:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Trade off: Trump vows to impose 5% tariff on all goods imported from Mexico - and increase it EVERY month to 25% in October unless illegal migrants stop crossing the border into the U.S.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-31 12:28|| 2019-05-31 12:28|| Front Page Top

#11 You have been herding your unwanted into our country for decades to prop up your unstable and unpopular rulers.

Eat my ass, dickless.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-05-31 12:52|| 2019-05-31 12:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Put a 50% tariff on remittances to Mexico and this shit would stop, plus you could pay for the wall

Posted by Frank G 2019-05-31 13:00|| 2019-05-31 13:00|| Front Page Top

#13 Remittances are the most powerful tool to gain immediate and widespread public reaction in Mexico. The breadth of the population that depends on it would immediately react with high vigor to stop the illegal migrant flow through Mexico in days. Do it !time to play really really hard all with these parasites.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2019-05-31 13:10|| 2019-05-31 13:10|| Front Page Top

#14 I have no idea why Trump didn't tax remittances on day 1 of office. It was a sure winner.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-05-31 14:01|| 2019-05-31 14:01|| Front Page Top

#15 Yeah, "justice and universal fraternity" -- until a Mexican national kills an American in a civilized state and is up for the death penalty. Then the Mexican government is obsessed with protecting their guy -- never mind the American victims.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-05-31 18:11|| 2019-05-31 18:11|| Front Page Top

#16 Hitting someone in their pocketbook always gets their attention.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-05-31 20:38|| 2019-05-31 20:38|| Front Page Top

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