"has it dawned on any one yet that this idiot is stark raving mad."
Because he wants to enforce existing law?
Has it ever occurred to you that the way we currently handle immigration and illegal aliens is sheer lunacy? Sanctuary cities, catch-and-release, welcoming Syrian refugees, government assistance (including welfare, education, healthcare, and food stamps) to illegals, and voting rights.
Illegals cost us $100 billion per year -- money we don't have. You want to keep them and add more? Who's stark raving mad?
No, because he thinks the national interest is served by repeating stupid ideas. It is not stupid to propose a wall, a wall of sorts is already being constructed, but to suggest he can arbitrarily demand and enforce his will on another sovereign nation. It is stupid to suggest that the citizens of another nation are all criminals, drug dealers and rapists. It is stupid to conduct talks with a leader of another nation when all you are going to do afterward is antagonise the citizens of that nation.
There is no political capital in enforcing existing laws, but he sees political capital in making radical pronouncements
(Trump) thinks the national interest is served by repeating stupid ideas.
Paraclete thinks some of Trumps ideas are stupid. --- BFD...
It is not stupid to propose a wall, a wall of sorts is already being constructed, but to suggest he can arbitrarily demand and enforce his will on another sovereign nation.
Tariffs are arbitrary taxes on the imports of sovereign nations. It is not stupid to suggest that such tariffs could pay for a wall.
It is stupid to suggest that the citizens of another nation are all criminals, drug dealers and rapists.
It is stupid to contend Trump made such a suggestion.
It is stupid to conduct talks with a leader of another nation when all you are going to do afterward is antagonise the citizens of that nation.
It is stupid to claim that Trump antagonized anyone by his talks with Mexico's president.
It is not stupid to propose a wall, a wall of sorts is already being constructed, but to suggest he can arbitrarily demand and enforce his will on another sovereign nation.
It is supremely stupid to claim that Trump said he could arbitrarily demand and enforce his will on another sovereign nation, in this case Mexico. Mexico needs the U.S. more than the U.S. needs Mexico. The U.S. most certainly build a wall. The U.S. can most certainly deport those eligible for deportation. The U.S. can most certainly implement controls severely limiting the illegal alien's ability to illegally obtain employment. The U.S can most certainly limit, tax, or just stop transfers of money from the U.S. to Mexico. The U.S. can unilaterally shut the border altogether if it chooses. The U.S. can cease trade with Mexico. By proclamation alone, the President has the power to stop the entry of any class of people from entering the country (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)).
In short, the U.S. can make paying for the wall the cost of doing business. Pay it or take your business elsewhere. The U.S. can still build the wall, and the cost of building a door would equal the cost of building the wall. Of course, if all trade ceased, all the American companies doing such things as making cars they could no longer ship to the U.S. would probably leave. Mexico could volunteer or not volunteer to pay for the wall. Mexico can be strongly encouraged to pay for the wall.
The U.S. can volunteer, or not volunteer, to accept millions of illegal aliens entering from Mexico.
It is stupid to suggest that the citizens of another nation are all criminals, drug dealers and rapists.
It is even more stupid to claim that Trump said the citizens of another nation are all criminals. Criminals, drug dealers and rapists are unlawfully crossing the southern border and committing crimes in the USA. Trump is correct.
You are aware that 10 years ago Congress passed the Secure Fence Act, authorizing the funds to build a wall on our southern border, aren't you? But, as with many of our other laws, it's not being enforced.
Mexico has done nothing to stop the illegals from crossing. Actually, they've encouraged and assisted that activity.
