Trump is changing so many things so quickly and so haphazardly he is making enemies even in the Republican Party, not just throughout the U.S. and the world.
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Graham ridicules 'mucho sad' border tax proposal
Graham ridicules 'mucho sad' border tax proposal
Story highlights
- The South Carolina Republican warned of rising prices on goods from Mexico
- "Any tariff we can levy they can levy. Huge barrier to econ growth," Graham tweeted
Washington (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham isn't quite ready to toast a potential 20% border tax on Mexico.
The
South Carolina Republican warned of rising prices on goods from Mexico,
in particular citing "Corona, tequila or margaritas" if the Trump
administration were to slap a 20% tax on imports from Mexico to help pay
for a border wall along the US-Mexico border.
"Border
security yes, tariffs no. Mexico is 3rd largest trading partner. Any
tariff we can levy they can levy. Huge barrier to econ growth," the
South Carolina Republican senator said in a pair of tweets. "Simply put,
any policy proposal which drives up costs of Corona, tequila, or
margaritas is a big-time bad idea. Mucho Sad."
President Donald Trump
himself, of course, is known to end tweets by deciding something to be
"sad." Graham -- who, as a GOP presidential primary candidate, once
joked "we're going to drink more" if he were elected -- is a frequent critic of the President.
White
House press secretary Sean Spicer announced the proposal earlier
Thursday, saying the President was backing the plan and had just
discussed it with congressional Republicans in a private meeting. Hours
later, amid an uproar from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Spicer
said that he was simply putting forward one idea Trump is considering to
show how the administration could fund the multibillion-dollar
construction of a wall on the US's southern border.
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