Making Mexico Pay for the Wall

Speaking in a gaggle on Air Force One, [Press Secretary Sean] Spicer said the administration's plan to force Mexico to pay for the wall included "using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries that we have a trade deficit from, like Mexico," according to a pool report.

"If you tax that $50 billion at 20 percent of imports

Asked about a border tax's impact on Americans who buy goods from Mexican manufacturers, Spicer dodged.

"I'm not going to get into it," he said, according to CNN.

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So maybe it's not Mexico after all paying for that wall?

Every day, goods valued at $1.4 billion cross the U.S.-Mexico border, and millions of jobs are linked to trade on both sides. Mexico is the world’s second-largest customer for American-made products, and 80 percent of Mexican exports — automobiles, flat-screen TVs, avocados — are sold to the United States.

So how much will we lose in exports to Mexico when they retaliate?

And who knew Lindsey Graham had a sense of humor?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.