In a two-page memo to The Washington Post, Trump outlined for the first time how he would seek to force Mexico to pay for his 1,000-mile border fence, which Trump has made a cornerstone of his presidential campaign and which has been repeatedly scoffed at by cureent and former Mexican leaders…
In the memo, Trump said he would threaten to change a rule under the USA Patriot Act antiterrorism law to cut off a portion of the funds sent to Mexico through money transfers, commonly known as remittances. The threat would be withdrawn if Mexico made “a one-time payment of $5-10 billion” to pay for the border wall, he wrote.
But Libertarians for Trump?
Because libertarians should support an expansion of the Patriots Act?
Right?
Completely fucking laughable how any libertarian could actually support Trump.
Trump is just as authoritative as any other politician running for president.
Trump is definitely just as authoritarian as any other politician, but I fail to see how one government threatening another government would mean much to a libertarian.
Then you don’t quite get it well. Remittances (remesas in Spanish) is money that immigrants send to their impoverished families in Mexico and all other Central American countries. For many families it is their only source of income, for others a great help to their meager wages.
Trump is threatening the Mexican government by threatening innocent Mexicans that have done nothing but receive money earned by their relatives. It’s a threat against individuals. Of course it would concern libertarians. Any libertarian that only cares about their own government treating them well is a poor libertarian then. Ignoring the injustices one’s government commits against other peoples because it’s treating your government decently is a lot like conservatism to me.
@moralanarchism any libertarian that takes themselves seriously would only support Trump ironically. Since everyone claims that he would be disastrous for government then perhaps he is the best man for the presidency. Ironically, his health and tax proposals are the best from all other candidates; not that that excuses an endorsement but it’s just there as a fact.
If any libertarian thinks he will make America great again then they’re probably not a libertarian at all. But if any libertarian thinks he will finally drag the US to the ground then that’s a good excuse to “support” Trump.
So basically he is taking control of the mail, the banks and wiring of money capabilities but not to just Latin America – everywhere or they could send one place and then have it resent where they wanted it. Gee that is a lot of control for what really is not a terrorist act – and by the way how often has government given up power once achieved?
This is insane and anyone who still supports this man is a traitor to our country and what it stands for.
I want to repeat that
This is insane and anyone who still supports this man is a traitor to our country and what it stands for.
Trump reveals how he would force Mexico to pay for border wall
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