{"id":123830,"date":"2019-06-10T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T18:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123830"},"modified":"2019-06-10T15:08:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:08:31","slug":"new-york-times-continues-to-just-make-stuff-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=123830","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Continues To Just Make Stuff Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Trump slams NYT story on Mexico pact as a \u2018FRAUD\u2019 and \u2018hit job\u2019<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Brooke Singman | Fox News<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=6046232388001&#038;w=466&#038;h=263\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Trump strikes deal with Mexico after threat of tariff hike<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd says President Trump had to threaten tariffs to force Mexico to step up and publicly agree to the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">President Trump slammed The New York Times on Monday over an article on the administration\u2019s immigration deal with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-defends-mexico-deal-migrant-flows-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Mexico<\/a>\u00a0that he called a \u201cFRAUD\u201d and a \u201chit job\u201d &#8212; while also warning that if Mexico&#8217;s legislature does not approve the\u00a0pact, he will move anew to impose tariffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The president&#8217;s comments come after the administration on Friday announced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-defends-mexico-deal-migrant-flows-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a deal\u00a0<\/a>with Mexico\u00a0which would halt Trump&#8217;s threatened tariffs in exchange for Mexico taking further action to stop the flow of migrants from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">According to the joint declaration issued by the State Department, Mexico will take \u201cunprecedented steps to increase enforcement to curb irregular migration, to include the deployment of its National Guard throughout Mexico, giving priority to its southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Times reported that the deal includes a range of actions that Mexico already had promised to take in prior negotiations with the Trump administration over the past several months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen will the Failing New York Times admit that their front page story on the new Mexico deal at the Border is a FRAUD and nothing more than a badly reported \u2018hit job\u2019 on me, something that has been going on since the first day I announced for the presidency! Sick journalism,\u201d Trump tweeted early Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When will the Failing New York Times admit that their front page story on the  the new Mexico deal at the Border is a FRAUD and nothing more than a badly reported \u201chit job\u201d on me, something that has been going on since the first day I announced for the presidency! Sick Journalism<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1138040393033895936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The president seemed to be referring to an article published by the Times on Saturday, which reported that the Mexican government had already pledged to deploy its National Guard to the border in March during talks with former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.<\/p>\n<p>The Times did, though,\u00a0say that Mexico&#8217;s pledge to deploy up to 6,000 national guard troops to its southern border with Guatemala &#8220;was larger than their previous pledge,&#8221; and that Mexico&#8217;s &#8220;agreement to accelerate the Migrant Protection Protocols could help reduce what Trump calls &#8216;catch and release&#8217;\u00a0of migrants in the United States by giving the country a greater ability to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Through<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/u-s-mexico-joint-declaration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0the agreement,<\/a>\u00a0the U.S. is\u00a0slated to extend\u00a0its policy of returning asylum applicants to Mexico while their claims are processed. The U.S. also committed to accelerating asylum claims while Mexico said it will \u201coffer jobs, healthcare and education according to its principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deal also stated that Mexico will take \u201cdecisive action\u201d to dismantle smuggling and trafficking operations, while both countries will increase cooperation to protect the border.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, speaking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/fox-news-sunday\">on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0pushed back on The Times report and insisted &#8220;all of it is new,&#8221; including the agreement to dispatch around 6,000 National Guard troops \u2014 a move Mexico has described as an &#8220;acceleration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the first time we&#8217;ve heard anything like this kind of number of law enforcement being deployed in Mexico to address migration, not just at the southern border but also on the transportation routes to the northern border and in coordinated patrols in key areas along our southwest border,&#8221; he said, adding that &#8220;people can disagree with the tactics&#8221; but &#8220;Mexico came to the table with real proposals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But even as the president called the agreement \u201csuccessful,\u201d he suggested he may again seek to impose tariffs on Mexico if the plan falls through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have fully signed and documented another very important part of the Immigration and Security deal with Mexico, one that the U.S. has been asking about getting for many years. It will be revealed in the not too distant future and will need a vote by Mexico\u2019s Legislative body!\u201d Trump tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;.We do not anticipate a problem with the vote but, if for any reason the approval is not forthcoming, Tariffs will be reinstated!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1138030977521987584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not anticipate a problem with the vote but, if for any reason the approval is not forthcoming, Tariffs will be reinstated!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;.We do not anticipate a problem with the vote but, if for any reason the approval is not forthcoming, Tariffs will be reinstated!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1138030977521987584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For now, the deal ends plans by the Trump administration to slap a 5 percent tariff\u00a0on all goods coming into the U.S. from Mexico\u00a0&#8212; something that had sparked fears from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress about the possible economic fallout from such a move, with concerns it could kill off an incoming trade deal between the U.S., Mexico\u00a0and Canada. The tariffs were slated to go into effect Monday and continue to increase each month, reaching 25 percent by Oct. 1, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.-Mexico deal also comes amid an escalating crisis at the border, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection reporting last week that it apprehended or encountered more than 144,000 migrants at the border in May\u2014levels not seen in over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly expressed frustration at the crisis and repeatedly blamed both congressional Democrats and Mexico for not doing more to protect against the surges of migrants at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News&#8217; Adam Shaw and Gregg Re contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-slams-nyt-story-on-mexico-pact-as-a-fraud-and-hit-job\">https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-slams-nyt-story-on-mexico-pact-as-a-fraud-and-hit-job<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump slams NYT story on Mexico pact as a \u2018FRAUD\u2019 and \u2018hit job\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}