I cannot fucking believe it. Trump announces another imagined deal and people fall for it.

[shockey80]

He gave no details about the trade deal with Mexico. Congress has to approve the deal. It looks like he got the President of Mexico to join he fake show. The stock market is up because they fell for the fake trade deal show. The news media is acting like the deal is done.

This trade deal could be just like the North Korea deal. Trump told everyone he solved the nuclear missile problem. It was a lie.

I'm beginning to believe the American people are fucking fools.

[Freethinker65]

1. Deal or No Deal. Just wait until they realize the suitcase is empty.

[kacekwl]

21. All his "deals" have been empty suitcases.

Except the tax cut welfare for the wealthy. That wasn't his deal but the republicans wet dream forever.

[ADX]

2. If you're just now beginning to believe the American people are fucking fools...

...you're late, waaayyy late.

That fact was proven in November of 2016.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Not nearly ready for Congress to even look at. Preliminary on SOME of the issues, none on others. nt

[dchill]

7. It's a spotlight magnet, nothing else.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Absolutely right. "Look over here, look over here!!"

[dchill]

14. And instead of a fresh episode of the Apprentice...

It was more like the Biggest Loser.

[Achilleaze]

10. This is the same thing as the North Korea #SingaporeSurrender (R)

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The repubes make a big stinking deal out of something that turns out to be a NothingBurger. Sad.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. The giveaway summit was in Singapore, not Shanghai. . . . nt

[Achilleaze]

22. Thanks for the correction

Changed it up top. I believe in truth. Further, I believe truth really is truth. Call me a non-republican, if you must.

[jpljr77]

18. Not only that, but negotiated with a lame duck Mexican president that will soon be replaced

by someone from another political party. Nieto even noted that he was keeping the president-elect informed on the negotiations.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador will assume power on Dec. 1. It will be very interesting to see if something is finalized (as in, actually signed) by then or if they are waiting. It will also be VERY interesting to hear Obrador's take on the new deal when details are made public, or, you know, reached.

[True Dough]

4. I wish Vincente Fox

were still president of Mexico. Would have been a much more interesting outcome.

[JHB]

13. I picture Foxe breaking into song over the speakerphone...

...belting out the Canadian national anthem.

(Apparently Donnie needed a reminder of which country he was talking about.)

[BlueJac]

5. Fools in America...

millions, what do you think makes Fox successful?

[Ilsa]

6. He has not finalized a single trade deal.

Not one. Nothing signed, just "thoughts and prayers" type stuff, in other words, mind games in his reality.

[SHRED]

8. It's Idiocracy come to life

[peekaloo]

11. It was rather telling that he said "we just made a deal with Canada"

and had to be corrected. Canada is the third leg of Nafta. Maybe that's why he wants to rename it. Perhaps "HAFTA" as in Half Assed Free Trade Agreement.

He knows how to manipulate the media and they come drooling. Let the dust settle and see how deep they pry into his "deal".

[oberliner]

12. Full USTR announcement on #nafta has more specifics:

*40-45% of cars made with "high wage labor" of $16 or more
*75% of content of cars sold in the US made in US or Mexico
*New textile rules about making contents in US/Mexico

Link to tweet

[still_one]

15. They are. 2000 should was evidence of that, and 2016 confirmed it

[unitedwethrive]

16. It's really the press and how they respond that influences the thoughts of the general public.

I still blame them for legitimizing trump from the beginning, when they should have been belittling him.

[oberliner]

20. The press has been belittling him

Do you ever watch MSNBC?

[procon]

19. Trump probably doesn't know he can't make unitary international trade agreements

without congress passing legislation to approve it. Since that isn't likely to happen before the midterms, and the Dems a projected to gain at least the House, Trump could find all his deals turned to dust.