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Re:Canada hits back at 'punitive' U.S. tariffs in 'turning p... by newnewpdro on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:07PM (#17202068)
I am finding it difficult to accept this is the reality we live in:

"the President can be successfully engaged, and countries like Ukraine, China, and Qatar have demonstrated this. When they want something from the United States, they skip the State Department, and even the White House staff. Instead of approaching their problem state-to-state, they go state-to-man. These countries focus on what Trump wants on a personal level – to enrich his family. So Beijing granted Ivanka trademarks, Qatar invested in one of Jared’s office towers, and Ukraine, with Slavic candor, simply wired half a million dollars to the President’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen."

Re:Canada hits back at 'punitive' U.S. tariffs in 'turning p... by krapp on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:56PM (#17202243)
But I thought Trump couldn't be bought because he's a self-made businessman who tells it like it is, no hassle, no haggle, no bullshit, unlike those effete city dwellers and globalist politicians?

Is America Great Again yet? A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage?

Don't worry about steel, we'll open the steel mills up again. We have to build plenty of new aircraft carriers so we'll need a lot of steel. And they'll have steam catapults, none of this newfangled computer nonsense. And the wall. The wall will be steel, too, of course, so when the Mexicans try to climb up it they'll just slide right back down. In fact, we'll need two walls now, one for the Canadians, too.

Sigh.

I wonder if this one will fondle Angela Merkel too?

Re:Canada hits back at 'punitive' U.S. tariffs in 'turning p... by toomanybeersies on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:17AM (#17202523)
Don't forget that the wall needs to be see-through, so you can see if any Mexicans are trying to catapult drugs over, which might land on and kill innocent Americans.

Oh, and we can put solar panels on the wall, which will help pay for the wall with the power generated, even though the Mexicans are paying for the wall via increased tariffs on Mexican goods, forcing American consumers to pay more.

Re:Canada hits back at 'punitive' U.S. tariffs in 'turning p... by oceanghost on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:37PM (#17207883)
> But I thought Trump couldn't be bought

As it turns out, the surface area for attack is much greater.