He no longer needs to, but if he did, the mechanisms for tariffs, & fees on money transfer transactions are all still fully available & implementable.
The reason he no longer needs to is because the Mexicans have signed the new trade agreement called USMCA. This NAFTA replacement, as President Trump promised, is in the better interests of the American People.....unlike NAFTA.....
That's exactly what his supports are saying, even Trump.
They're claiming the changes from NAFTA to USMCA means that Mexico is paying for the wall.
Sure, they don't know what the changes are nor do they understand how trade and tariffs work but the bottom line is, Mexico isn't paying the wall, not even via the USMCA. Trump made it very very clear what he meant by Mexico paying for the wall,
He even said they'd make a one time payment, dashing all these claims about "paying in other ways",
Quote:It's an easy decision for Mexico: make a one-time payment of $5-10 billion to ensure that $24 billion continues to flow into their country year after year. There are several ways to compel Mexico to pay for the wall:
It's still on his website,
https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/Pay_for_the_Wall.pdfAnd even as recently as the Trump's rally in Wildwood New Jersey last month he said,
Quote:In all due respect to Mexico, we like Mexico very much, and we’ve gotten along great with Mexico, and the President’s a friend of mine, and I think he’s doing a fantastic job. It’s a tough situation. But Mexico is in fact, you will soon find out, paying for the wall. Okay? They’d hit you with that. Now the wall is ultimately and very nicely being paid for by Mexico, and it’s an advantage for Mexico, too, when you think about it.
Video LinkMexico hasn't paid a cent and all these claims of "they're paying in other ways" or "They'll reimburse us" were all made after the election when Trump found out Mexico won't pay so he had to change the goalposts, just like his supporters.
Fact: Trump said Mexico would pay for the wall, even claiming they'd make a $5-$10 billion payment. Mexico has done no such thing and Trump has had to take funds from the military outside of every official level of Government to get the funds for his wall.
You're still talking poo.
Trump lied to the people and now you're trying to rationalise it as usual.