What's the matter with Donald Trump.

[80stech]

I'll admit that as I was following along a bit on the campaigning before the election that I might have voted for Trump myself if I lived in the US, but I had no idea that he would be such an asshole towards Canada and try to take over Greenland and Gaza and extort the Ukraine. Did you guys who voted for him expect this??

[EODguy]

Originally Posted by 80stech

I'll admit that as I was following along a bit on the campaigning before the election that I might have voted for Trump myself if I lived in the US, but I had no idea that he would be such an asshole towards Canada and try to take over Greenland and Gaza and extort the Ukraine. Did you guys who voted for him expect this??

Greenland... It was done as ploy to get it more secured against Russian movements/threats. (It worked)

Canada.... Was done as a threat to get Canada to secure its border as they agreed in a law they passed 7 years ago (it worked too)

Gaza.... Similar deal of threat of outside interference to get other Arab countries to knock shit off. (doubtful it'll work completely)

Tariffs.... worked against Mexico, Colombia, Canada, etc.

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[Maruzo]

Originally Posted by EODguy

Greenland... It was done as ploy to get it more secured against Russian movements/threats. (It worked)

Canada.... Was done as a threat to get Canada to secure its border as they agreed in a law they passed 7 years ago (it worked too)

Gaza.... Similar deal of threat of outside interference to get other Arab countries to knock shit off. (doubtful it'll work completely)

Tariffs.... worked against Mexico, Colombia, Canada, etc.

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US used to be home to many foreign customers who come from all surrounding countries to purchase everyday items because we had the best prices and largest quantities.

Now there's no financial benefit and these people have stopped coming.

The chinese vendors imports to their countries directly because the tariff there are low.

Thousands of businesses are affected. Many of them closed.

What are the financial effects? You go to the wholesale district of downtown Los Angeles, and the streets that were once jammed packed with customers from all over the south american countries have all but disappeared.

[EODguy]

Originally Posted by Maruzo

US used to be home to many foreign customers who come from all surrounding countries to purchase everyday items because we had the best prices and largest quantities.



Now there's no financial benefit and these people have stopped coming.



The chinese vendors imports to their countries directly because the tariff there are low.



Thousands of businesses are affected. Many of them closed.



What are the financial effects? You go to the wholesale district of downtown Los Angeles, and the streets that were once jammed packed with customers from all over the south american countries have all but disappeared.

Tariffs are meant to make things (from other countries) expensive so that local items are of either equal or cheaper, driving local businesses into producing them which keeps the funds local.

As for the missing crowds in LA, most of them are leaving, hiding, etc because they're illegal aliens. People from Mexico/Canada who cross the border to do some shopping do so legally. Therefore the crackdown doesn't affect them, it actually is a great example of just how many illegals you have/had and to be very clear people from the "surrounding countries" other than the two I mentioned weren't coming to the US for shopping as you implied. No one crosses through the various other countries to come to the US "to shop" so a Panamanian isn't driving (highway 1) 3,000 km for legal entry they would fly and that's a Miami entry port with a visa and neither they or anyone else is going to pay for Chinese crap in the USA that they can purchase in their home countries for less.

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