He's fibbing, of course: Trump makes big claim about his Mexico deal that isn’t backed up on paper

Mod: The deal burger boy is going on about makes no mention anywhere of U.S. agriculture, despite all the claims. Are you surprised?

Trump makes big claim about his Mexico deal that isn’t backed up on paper (ThinkProgress link): President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal reached with Mexico on immigration includes that country’s commitment to purchase large quantities of agricultural products from U.S. farmers. In reality, however, that agreement isn’t anywhere in the joint declaration both countries issued.

A U.S.-Mexico Joint Declaration was announced Friday evening, and Trump backed off on his threat to impose additional tariffs on Mexico. 

Trump had threatened to impose additional on tariffs on the country if it did not take additional actions to curb migration to the U.S.-Mexico border. The proposed tariffs were set to take effect on Monday, beginning at a 5% tariff on all Mexican goods and gradually increasing to 25% by October. As part of the agreement, Mexico will do two main things. First, Mexico will itake unprecedented steps to increase [immigration] enforcement,” including by deploying the National Guard throughout the country and “giving priority to its southern border,” where migrants from Central America typically enter the country.

Second, Mexico will participate in an expanded implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as Remain in Mexico, which requires those seeking asylum in the United States to be returned to Mexico, where they will wait until a decision has been made on their case. The declaration mentions the importance of a strong regional strategy to address the “underlying causes of migration” and notes that both parties can take additional actions if the expected results are not achieved.

The text does not, however, mention U.S. agriculture or U.S.-Mexico trade.

Mod: You do know that the Trumps are pure class. Yep. All the way.

Left their wallets in their other pants?

Donald Trump's sons still haven’t paid the tab on their Doonbeg pub crawl (The Irish Timeslink): They enjoyed a warm welcome during their tour around the pubs of Doonbeg, but Eric and Donald Trump Jr may have forgotten one important detail from their epic bar crawl – the bill.

Donald Trump’s sons posed for pictures and pulled pints during a memorable night for the Co Clare town that left more than a few with sore heads the next day.

Caroline Kennedy, the owner of Igoe bar and restaurant, was full of praise of Eric and Donald Jr. "They were so nice, they came into the restaurant and the local priest Fr Haugh presented them with a picture of the two castles of Doonbeg.

"They thanked everyone for their support and for coming out to meet them and said there was a drink for everyone in the house and it was their small gesture." 

Unfortunately, when it came time to footing the bill, things hit a slight snag with neither of the brothers carrying any cash.

Mod: They don't carry debit cards, either?

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