Discussion: Mexican Govt: We 'Categorically' Refuse To Pay For Trump's Border Wall

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Let’s see if this makes it into any of the questions Fox has for Trump at tonight’s debate.

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It will.

Trump’s answer will be on the level of ‘whatever dude’.

The answers to watch for though are Rubio, Cruz and Kasich.

Especially Kasich.

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Trumps answer will be that he knows how to make them pay - he’s a business man and that’s what he does, and on and on

And all will believe him.

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As far as I can tell, the Trump Mexico-funded wall proposal is based on the following:

  1. The 1,000 mile wall that Trump says we need will cost $10 billion
  2. We run an annual trade deficit with Mexico of approximately $58 billion (I haven’t checked his figures).
  3. If we can reduce the trade deficit by $1-2billion, we can claim that Mexico is funding the wall, albeit over a 5-10 (or longer) period.

Trump, the master negotiator, can claim that Mexico is paying for the wall without actually any money changing hands – just a fictive reduction in our trade deficit.