# Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1)

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**Created:** [November 19, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428 "2016-11-19T15:52:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/6895 "2019-05-31T19:37:46Z")

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> [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](#):
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> In this particular case he’s also arrogating to himself the sole right to determine whether Mexico has done enough, without actually specifying what exactly it is that he wants them to do. While this allows himself the option to stop at any point and declare victory due to his manly policies regardless of the results, it’s also a pretty shit way of actually motivating Mexico to do anything at all. Why should they?
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> It’s also a pretty bizarre way of getting them to enact the free-trade pact he’s been bragging about negotiating, but that’s almost secondary at this point.

I thought this was a great summation of the situation:

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/33064):
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> So, in short, we are going to tax American consumers until such time as Mexico takes responsibility for our border security.

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