I never underestimate the incredible stupidity of the American
electorate. In a 3 way race where 40% might win. who knows?
I do think Trump would be a disaster but could it possibly be worse
than Carter, GW or Truman?
It would be "different", that's for sure.
He finally explained how he'd get the Mexican government to pay for
building a 1,000 mile wall to keep illegals out. Basically it's an
ultimatum. Pay for the wall or start paying a hefty tariff on products
manufactured in Mexico and sent to the USA for sale.
Not exactly a wacky idea, frankly.
He might kill two birds with one stone. Ford is going to open another
large assembly plant in Mexico. If his tariffs applied to those auto
products as well it might cause Ford to reconsider and keep the jobs in
the USA.
That would really upset the apple cart but since NAFTA is a treaty,
congress would have to agree.
The idea of a wall is pretty silly anyway. Without a "Berlin" style
enforcement effort, the people would quickly go over, under or through
that wall.
Penn and Teller put that to the test by duplicating the typical border
fence found along the Mexican border, then having some randomly
chosen people attack it. The average time to get through was measured
in minutes.
Digging a hole under the wall would be trivial compared to a day's
work that they are coming here to do.
