Great piece. I have wanted to write about this nonsense, but you did it so well, there's no point. He is returning to his standard dodge for the true believers, like North Korea or anything else, he calls the President of Mexico, says she is all on board and the problem is solved. It doesn't matter if she disputes everything he just said, he claims victory and moves on. And the gullible buy it. I lost an IQ point or two just writing that.
Whatever else you say about the guy, he has taken the full measure of the gullibility of his fellow Americans. He knows the level of stupidity rampant in the land and is well-equipped to share his stupidity with those masses, and they know nothing better.
Most native Texans and even naturalized ones appreciate the relationship we have with our southern neighbor, and we don't fear the pleasure of speaking Mexican Spanish when wanted. Why trump and abbott (and their politically inbred kin) want to turn away from such a deep friendship is only understandable by recognizing that they just don't like anybody but themselves. Worse, they take such dislike and convert it to the hateful ministerial manna that the gullible gobble up. But I'm not sure what the folks are going to do when the Valley's fruits and vegetables rot in the fields and, as you well pointed out, the jobs are gone. Good news is that there's money to be made mowing the estates and cleaning the palaces of the nouveau MAGA-Rich. I'm going to start sharpening my shears and loppers. Gonna be real handy.
Great piece. I have wanted to write about this nonsense, but you did it so well, there's no point. He is returning to his standard dodge for the true believers, like North Korea or anything else, he calls the President of Mexico, says she is all on board and the problem is solved. It doesn't matter if she disputes everything he just said, he claims victory and moves on. And the gullible buy it. I lost an IQ point or two just writing that.
Whatever else you say about the guy, he has taken the full measure of the gullibility of his fellow Americans. He knows the level of stupidity rampant in the land and is well-equipped to share his stupidity with those masses, and they know nothing better.
There's a verse in the Bible about a fool returning to his folly as a dog returns to his vomit. It fits.
I feel, however, we are all going to be walking through his vomit.
Sadly.
Most native Texans and even naturalized ones appreciate the relationship we have with our southern neighbor, and we don't fear the pleasure of speaking Mexican Spanish when wanted. Why trump and abbott (and their politically inbred kin) want to turn away from such a deep friendship is only understandable by recognizing that they just don't like anybody but themselves. Worse, they take such dislike and convert it to the hateful ministerial manna that the gullible gobble up. But I'm not sure what the folks are going to do when the Valley's fruits and vegetables rot in the fields and, as you well pointed out, the jobs are gone. Good news is that there's money to be made mowing the estates and cleaning the palaces of the nouveau MAGA-Rich. I'm going to start sharpening my shears and loppers. Gonna be real handy.
Trump, Abbott, Cruz & Holman will burn in hell for all eternity for what they are about to do to this desperate people.
If only there were such a thing as hell, they’d be in it.