Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump avoided disclosing details of how he would pay for a wall at the southern border when repeatedly pressed for specifics by Mika Brzezinski at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” town hall on Wednesday night.
At first, Trump threatened a trade war with Mexico to pay for the wall.
“We’re going to have a trade deficit this year of $58 billion. The wall is going to cost a fraction of that, maybe $10 or $12 million,” Trump said. “And it’s going to be a real wall, it’s going to be a high wall, it’s going to be a beautiful wall. It’s going to be a wall that works.”
But Joe Scarborough wanted to know how Mexico would pay for it.
“We have a trade deficit with Mexico of $58 billion. All I have to do is start playing with that trade deficit and believe me they’re going to pay for it,” Trump said.
So, you’re suggesting a trade war, Scarborough asked the real estate magnate.
“I’m talking about negotiating,” Trump said.
Watch the exchange, from MSNBC, below:
I have several reasons to think that Trump´s esthetic sense is at some variance with mine.
Because that’s what conservatives believe elected officials should do – tinker with money and see if maybe something good possibly comes out of it.
That should make the oligarchs sleep comfortably at night, knowing their guy is “playing” with their corporate balance sheets.
Well, you aren’t the only one. It’s so self-parodying you want to laugh through your vomit.
Now THAT is CLASSY!!!