It's a big mistake for Democrats to write off Asian or Pacific Islander candidates who don't quite fit in with their program. It's not written in stone that they will be Democrats.
Just a meta note: loving that you are finding time to post so often to this section, always find your links a very welcome thing, adding greatly to the mix here and much appreciated.
But the reality is that deaths at the U.S.-Mexico border decreased after Donald Trump became president, according to data from the United States Border Patrol. During the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years they averaged 291 per year, down from 372 during the Obama/Biden administration and 382 under Bush.
Granted, data also show that President Trump benefited from a longer-term downward trend of illegal border crossings that started during President Bush’s second term (based on border-apprehension data). All else equal, the fewer the border crossings, the lower the number of people who die. But the fact remains that the totals from 2017 (298) and 2018 (283) are two of the lowest since 1999 — and there was no mass outcry in earlier years with much higher numbers.
It's more than likely that he is motivated by some kind of personal investment in Mexico, and that's why the new Mexican government is cooperating with him so.
He's threatened them with massive sanctions, so they're shitting themselves and trying to maintain a modicum of decorum while doing whatever it takes to avoid a total calamity. Occam's not so complex. If he's getting money, it's not mutual - he only does that with crazed superpowers.
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Just a meta note: loving that you are finding time to post so often to this section, always find your links a very welcome thing, adding greatly to the mix here and much appreciated.
by artappraiser on Thu, 07/18/2019 - 1:36pm
Thank you so much!!
by Orion on Thu, 07/18/2019 - 6:40pm
Artappraiser, you may also appreciate this - there is an African proverb that says "the empty bottle makes the most noise." It's worth considering that regarding Trump:
by Orion on Fri, 07/19/2019 - 5:48am
Any discussion of Trump data has to acknowledge his interference with collection of data, especially where he wants to run roughshod over a policy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-grand-plan-to-rig-governm...
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-efforts-compromise-govern...
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/19/2019 - 6:06am
It's more than likely that he is motivated by some kind of personal investment in Mexico, and that's why the new Mexican government is cooperating with him so.
by Orion on Fri, 07/19/2019 - 7:05am
He's threatened them with massive sanctions, so they're shitting themselves and trying to maintain a modicum of decorum while doing whatever it takes to avoid a total calamity. Occam's not so complex. If he's getting money, it's not mutual - he only does that with crazed superpowers.
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/19/2019 - 8:33am