Surprise! Surprise! Trump's "Mexico deal" is 100% bullshit.

[Atticus]

Mexico simply saw that our Dear Leader had---once again---painted himself into a corner. Having pulled the tariff threat out of his ass with no planning, no consultation with staff or the business community and no understanding of what the effects might be, he faced an unprecedented revolt by the GOP.

Mexico understood that, unless Trump was given some excuse to claim victory, he would proceed with the damaging tariffs. So, they gave him that excuse. They agreed to "take unprecedented action" to reduce illegal immigration. This classic nothingburger is now touted by his deranged cult members as a true Big Fucking Deal. And, sadly, many "journalists" are treating it as a BFD.

But, hey---it did distract from the Mueller report, the contempt proceedings and the video of him showing his ass to the world in front of rows of white crosses in France. "Mission Accomplished".

[lark]

1. Nah, nothing could distract me from the visual of him looking like a totally demented angry clown.

Fucker can't dress right and I'm sure he has people to help him with this and still they present this rube image of him. All he was lacking was the drrool running out of the side of his mouth to more truly represent who he is.

[True Blue American]

4. Don,jr.

Had the same problem.

Now we find they skipped on their bar tab in Ireland, claiming they had no money on them, but it would be paid!

Just like the check is in the mail.

[mtngirl47]

14. Seriously?

That's how rich people get richer....they skip out on their bills!

[FakeNoose]

24. No, wealthy people do not act this way - the Chumps are psycho

They just lost their only friends in Ireland.

[forgotmylogin]

20. What!?

I read in the article they had "ordered rounds for the entire house". What absolute skeeves.

[True Blue American]

31. They did

But they did not have any money on them. Caroline Kennedy,( not that one,”) said she is sure they will pay!

[marble falls]

10. If his vest had been any longer he'd looked like an aproned upscale bistro waiter.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. The "journalists" I've heard from all say that Mexico gave him his "out"...

for a way to back down.

Negotiating with Trump is ridiculously simple-- give him any little thing he can brag-tweet about and you have a deal.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. I'm just hearing Donald Trump boasting about how he had a table conversation

that he affirms was the Queen's "greatest time."

You know, once the historical record affirms that Trump is a narcissistic buffoon, someone is going to have a hell of a time logging all of Trump's superlative self-promoting quotes. It will be too big for a coffee table book. We're talking tomes.

[Yonnie3]

5. I have a suggestion.

Print it on toilet paper.

It would be the "biggest' and "best ever" bulk package ever made. It would be "huuuuuuge."

Unlike the quotes it would serve a useful purpose.

[JudyM]

34. It'd make a great board game, too. And both sides would buy it.

[True Blue American]

6. Mexico made a bunch of promises about

The border. Nothing about equality of trade.

[thesquanderer]

7. Trade was already negotiated. NAFTA (or if approved, the slightly altered USMCA) n/t

[marble falls]

9. USMCA NAFTA, Semi-lite.

[True Blue American]

11. Exactly!

Trump has won nothing, just a bunch of promises. Much like,” MommyI promise I will do better next time.!” This-so called agreement has nothing to do with trade, it simply feeds Trump lies.

[Eyeball_Kid]

17. International agreements take weeks or months to finalize. Trumpy and Mexico

exchanged greeting cards this time. It was NOT an international agreement. It might have been a nonbinding resolution or memorandum of understanding, some general statement that expressed good intentions. So much winning.

[True Blue American]

19. You said it right.

Nothing binding at all. Just vague promises.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. NAFTA 1.1 is tweaked, signed, NOT ratified. Call it NAFTA 2 or 1.1. He wants unique name on it

Any rational President controlling both chambers would have had it done and ratified in one year. With no drama.

But that mothertrumper in the WH diddled his tweeting thumb the whole time. It took him a year and a half to just do the negotiation. For a tweak.

tRump him in 2020 if not sooner.

[marble falls]

8. Hey! They traded a bridge for some swamp land. Classic 'Art of the Deal'.

[tinrobot]

13. Except for those trading stocks on the news.

If they timed it right, they cleaned up.

[uponit7771]

18. +1, There's no doubt Trump is shorting stocks like he did in the 80s then catching the upswing

[Cosmocat]

21. YEP

he is colluding with some of his buds on this, no doubt at at all.

[ancianita]

15. This isn't governance. This is the red meat distraction of nationalism. Through a demonstrating

of the "unified power of the Executive" theory.

Another way the Russians have guided the egomaniac to show the uselessness of democracy and democratic decision making about immigration.

[Fullduplexxx]

16. You don't give in to a toddler having a tantrum

[Cosmocat]

22. And, by days end the same idiots who think this is a BFD about immigration

will be in a froth over his babbling about caravans about to cross our border ...

[yaesu]

23. and another good reason to start impeachment hearings asap. nt

[Voltaire2]

25. So the border crisis is over and we don't need a wall

and we can send the misappropriated troops back to their bases.

Great.

[zentrum]

26. This sham will be

....reported by FOX and maybe even the NYT as a Trump win. MAGA's of course will say this is why we voted for a genius business man. Props and mirrors, Real TV style.

[underpants]

27. I smelled a rat

Got home last night from dinner and saw this headline. I immediately thought "this sounds like bullshit". Thanks. I've read elsewhere the big deal was that Mexico will send National Guard troops nearer the border which they were already doing.

[ProgressiveOp]

28. Don is the Con

[DesertRat]

29. Mexico's first payment...

[GoCubsGo]

30. Who didn't see that coming?

I mean, among those who have been paying attention all along. The Moron pulls this same shit on a regular basis. Looks like Mexico took a page from Harry Reid, who told the CIA they were best off giving him fake intelligence briefings. It's good advice for dealing with this asshole. Throw his bullshit right back at him.

[True Blue American]

32. Of course he does!

Always a reason to renege.

[ooky]

33. Yep.

Unfortunately they will push this fraud as one of "The Greatest Negotiations of All Time". And these stupid, ignorant people will eat it up.