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20 Aug 20
20 Aug 20
@divegeester saidVery strange indeed.
Fraud charges related to funding for the Mexico wall apparently.
Which is odd, as I was under the impression Trump was going to make Mexico pay for it.
Surely trump didn’t lie!!!
20 Aug 20
@divegeester saidHe is.
Fraud charges related to funding for the Mexico wall apparently.
Which is odd, as I was under the impression Trump was going to make Mexico pay for it.
He's going to charge a fee for vehicles crossing the border. Mexico is angry :-(
20 Aug 20
@earl-of-trumps saidSo he's paying for the wall by racking up 20-50 billion dollars in tolls?
He is.
He's going to charge a fee for vehicles crossing the border. Mexico is angry :-(
20 Aug 20
@earl-of-trumps saidIf an import from Mexico has to pay a charge for transport at the border.
He's going to charge a fee for vehicles crossing the border. Mexico is angry :-(
(Even if legal)
American consumers will foot the bill.
Or maybe they transport by sea or air instead?
20 Aug 20
@sonhouse saidYes I can. Wanna see me use it in a sentence?
@Earl-of-Trumps
You can say ass.
Sonhouse is - Ahhhhhh never mind lol
20 Aug 20
@wolfgang59 saidHe's talking about autos, too
If an import from Mexico has to pay a charge for transport at the border.
(Even if legal)
American consumers will foot the bill.
Or maybe they transport by sea or air instead?
20 Aug 20
@earl-of-trumps saidhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/under-pressure-from-base-trump-falsely-inflates-administrations-progress-on-his-border-wall/2018/09/07/e086db64-b2b6-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html
$20-50 billion??
Did you just pull that one out of your BEEEEEEP? 🤔
estimates for Trump’s wall have ranged between $25 billion and $50 billion.
20 Aug 20
@vivify saidWashington Post. There's your culprit right there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/under-pressure-from-base-trump-falsely-inflates-administrations-progress-on-his-border-wall/2018/09/07/e086db64-b2b6-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html
estimates for Trump’s wall have ranged between $25 billion and $50 billion.
In total, the actual physical cost of the wall would be about $25 billion. That sounds like a ton of money. But it isn’t just one person paying for it – the entirety of the U.S. taxpayer base would collectively foot the bill.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-border-wall-how-much-it-will-actually-cost-according-to-a-statistician