The most amazing thing happened the other day. During the campaign, Trump talked about how he was going to make Mexico pay for a wall between Mexico and the United States. Desperate to get votes, ya? I would say so. Well, he won, and now that the world thinks America is going down the drain, China wants to play the hero’s game. The reality is they are just trying to destroy America, but since the baby boomers have given all our money to China, it’s not too difficult for China to use that money to economically manipulate even our neighbors. In short, the amazing thing that happened the other day is that they have purchased MoneyGram, the preferred technology Mexicans use to send income back to Mexico from the United States.
So now, how the heck is Trump going to tax those remittances 20% at the border? How is Trump going to ask China for the data on money being sent via MoneyGram that Alibaba now owns and expect that the amount will be accurate? Well, here’s how. China is obviously going to bend over for Trump because Trump is the greatest President of all time and impervious to making mistakes. He also doesn’t need to sleep, and he doesn’t need to use the bathroom because he can utilize 100% of the food he takes in. Oh wait! That’s the fictional version of Kim Jong Un in The Interview with James Franco and Seth Rogen. Yeah, no, Trump doesn’t know what he’s doing at all.
So, what’s good about this. Well, China now controls the United States’ ability to tax income leaving the United States for Mexico, which means that Mexicans can see that China is treating them better than we are. That means that they’ll leave the United States. If you’re someone who thinks Mexicans should leave, hallelujah. However, if you’re a human, you’ll realize we rely on an immigrant worker population and that China now controls one of our neighbors and also happens to stay up late at night trying to figure out more ways to destroy us. So, well, nothing is good about this.
Here’s the reality. Trump can’t build a wall. He’s not going to do it. He’s not going to make Mexican government pay for it because there’ll be no tax on money leaving the United States because China won’t allow it.
Alibaba has openly said that the marketplace for sending money is a niche they are interested in exploring. Alibaba is owned by the CCP, which basically means the totalitarian regime that is the Chinese Communist Party wants to control capital flows throughout the world.
So who’s going to pay for the wall? Well, we are. Most of America will be paying for the wall. Perhaps the typical Mexican citizen will be paying for the wall, as well. Our tax dollars, whether “our” means U.S. citizens or both U.S. and Mexican citizens, will be paying for the wall. Money being spent today is our money. Money lost via remittances that can’t be taxed is money we are losing. Money lost through higher trade costs will be our money via higher prices. And finally, any tax breaks will be given to large corporations and large investors, which will be paid for with our money. So, we are going to pay for the wall.
Now I get the whole idea. I’m not saying we should be more nationalistic, though if our foes are doing so, then playing the hand we’re dealt is a reasonable balance on the mission to change the game at the same time. We can’t control them very easily, as we’ve seen with many countries and organizations and paramilitary forces sending drugs, guns, laundered money, propaganda, and other contraband into this country. So, it’s reasonable to play the hand we’re dealt, as well. That means building up an America independent of all other countries. That means backing out of any interdependencies such as free trade agreements. That means getting rid of anyone who is here illegally no matter why they came here or how much our country was founded on immigration. That means brutally punishing anyone who violates the rules of the new, vehemently nationalistic, America that we’re trying to create.
All of this sounds like we’re getting ready to go to war. Case in point, those countries and organizations and paramilitary forces harming us domestically and around the world directly or via allies in proxy fights have been preparing for war with us and, in some cases, already carrying out smaller wars with us for more than a decade now. So, perhaps we should be preparing a bit. However, that’d be agreeing to do something when we, as the most powerful nation in the world, should be building on the clout that we have and trying to push back the doomsday clock, not forward. Frankly, Trump seems like he wants to go to war, and as I’ve said before, he’s the worst person to be in charge of a war.
Here’s what we need to do. We need to tell Trump that a wall won’t fix anything, that we don’t want to pay for it, and that he’d be better off talking with the President of Mexico. If he wants to get illegal immigrants out of the United States, fine. That’s his choice. In that case, he should talk with President Enrique Peña Nieto about a bilateral operation to resettle illegal immigrants back into Mexico so that we don’t just drop them off at some bus station. There is no international organization that governs deportation. Therefore, there needs to be a bilateral agreement. If Trump can get Peña Nieto to agree to no negotiations of NAFTA or some other agreement that Mexico would like, then Trump can bus these people out of the United States. It’s a stupid idea. We rely on them for so much. Trump, you’re an idiot. However, if you’re going to do it, that is how it should be done. Next, you can try to build some isolated America wholly dependent on itself and try to explain to Americans and former allies why this is was a smart idea.