After reports that shutting the southern border would cripple the U.S. auto industry, trump’s Director of the National Economic Council economic jester said that trump’s looking for a way to close the border and keep it open:
The White House is looking for ways to limit the economic damage that will result if President Donald Trump makes good on his recent threats to close the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Larry Kudlow, the Director of the National Economic Council.
Kudlow said that the Trump administration was exploring whether it could permit trucks carrying freight to cross the border if it is sealed. He cautioned that the president has not made any final decisions.
“We are watching it and looking for ways to allow the freight passage, some people call it truck roads, and there are ways you can do that which would ameliorate the breakdown in supply chains,” Kudlow told CNBC’s Sara Eisen Tuesday.
Like just about everything emanating from this “administration,” this is not a well thought-out plan:
The flaw in that plan? Large trucks are frequently used to smuggle drugs and migrants into the country. Last July, 64 migrants were caught being smuggled in the cabs or trailers of semi trucks. In January, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the largest fentanyl bust in the agency’s history, discovering 254 pounds of powder and pills hidden in a truck — a truck that was hauling cucumbers across the border.
Someone remind me — why is trump threatening to close the border? I thought it had something to do with drug smuggling and human trafficking but I must have been mistaken.
Just another half-assed strategy by the kakistocracy. Not that I want to see them try to do anything full-assed 😷