UPDATING: Trump’s Wall Will Now Be Paid for by Americans – White House Announces Tax on Imports From Mexico

Trump Breaks Major Campaign Promise

EDITOR’S NOTE: See final update at bottom of article.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says President Donald Trump will be imposing a 20 percent tax on all imports coming in to the U.S. From Mexico. In other words, Americans will be paying 20 percent extra on all goods coming from or even through Mexico.  

It appears the Trump administration has lost the battle between Donald Trump and Mexico’s President, Enrique Peña Nieto, who has repeatedly refused to pay for Trump’s wall.

Trump literally, about one hour before Spicer made the annoucement, said this:

It’s important to note that the imposition of an import tariff violates the NAFTA trade agreement. Also, President Trump would have to jump through at least one hoop to legally impose the tariff. 

Trump has been promising Mexico would pay for his wall almost since he launched his campaign in June of 2015. 

UPDATE –
Some responses via Twitter:

UPDATE II: 4:11 PM EST –
Via CNN:

“It clearly provides the funding and does so in a way that the American taxpayer is wholly respected,” Spicer said Thursday.

Spicer dodged reporters’ questions about the impact of the border tax on American consumers, instead stressing the tax’s benefits for American workers.

“I’m not going to get into it,” he added when pressed about businesses that manufacture goods in Mexico passing along the tax to American consumers.

UPDATE III: 4:17 PM EST –
Video of Spicer making the announcement on Air Force One:

UPDATE IV: 5:37 PM EST –
And, like clockwork: After Massive and Immediate Outcry Trump Administration Walks Back Tariff on Mexico’s Goods to Pay for Wall

 

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