If there was ever any question about how Donald Trump's ahhhmazing negotiating skills would work out in the realm of foreign policy, Mexico's complete and total rejection Thursday of talks with our new pr*sident answered it. Now, the cost of the wall will be passed on to U.S. taxpayers one way or the other and Trump has likely sparked a trade war with Mexico in the process.
Remember Trump on the trail:
"I know the best negotiators in the world."
"We will have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with winning."
"I will build a great great wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall.”
Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell today:
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said today that Congress will forge ahead with plans to approve funds for President Donald Trump's border wall, which they estimate will cost $12 billion to $15 billion.
"We intend to address the wall issue ourselves, and the president can deal with his relations with other countries on that issue and others," McConnell told reporters at a GOP policy retreat in Philadelphia.
That ship has sailed, McConnell. Trump, less than a week into being pr*sident, has already worked his magic. U.S. taxpayers now on the hook for tens of billions. Anyone bored with all the winning yet?
Can't wait to see Trump renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal.