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Trump's World: News and a Little Bit of Gentle Satire

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I HEARD THE NEWS TODAY THESE ARE NOT SATIRES. TRUMP AND HIS OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO PUT ME OUT OF BUSINESS!   The latest budget included $47 billion to extend the anti-immigration wall along the US southern border with Mexico. This is the largest infrastructure project since the interstate highway system. There is some confusion about why it is being built since there is almost no immigration along the border. One theory is that it is suppose to keep retired Republican ex-pats from leaving the country and spending their Social Security benefits in Mexico. Also, it replaces the Statue of Liberty as the symbol of America. The Defense Department has designated its press office as a classified space, off limits to journalists. In the sixth attempt to apply tariffs, the Trump administration announced tariffs on countries with forced labor or importing products made with forced labor. The tariffs were imposed on 86 countries. Since all 86 export to the US, Trump has imposed tariffs on th...