Trump admin cuts off water to Mexico over failure to comply with 1944 treaty

[Swordsmyth]

The Trump administration has nailed Mexico over the country's failure to comply with a water treaty made in 1944, according to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

Cruz has been demanding that Mexico meet its water supply obligations, but it took the Trump administration to finally take action to protect the rights of farmers near the Rio Grande.

A statement from the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs on Thursday said that the U.S. was responding to Mexico's failure to comply by cutting off water to Tijuana, a city bordering California.

"Mexico's continued shortfalls in its water deliveries under the 1944 water-sharing treaty are decimating American agriculture — particularly farmers in the Rio Grande valley," the bureau said. "As a result, today for the first time, the U.S. will deny Mexico's non-treaty request for a special delivery channel for Colorado River water to be delivered to Tijuana."


Cruz applauded the decision in a statement on social media.

"Excellent. As I said yesterday, this option is absolutely what the Trump administration needs to pressure Mexico to fulfill its obligations under the 1944 Water Treaty," he replied.

More at:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-water-mexico-treaty-cruz

Trump admin cuts off water to Mexico over failure to comply with 1944 treaty | Blaze Media

Mexico's president said the water commission is looking into the issue.

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[acptulsa]

You have an uncanny nose for headlines so oversimplified that they can only be described as bullshit.

Here's some background on the situation, for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear anything but spite.

Who Owns the Tijuana River – and Who Needs Its Water Most

The Mexican government says the water is theirs, at least before it crosses the border. And they’re exploring what to do with it. Who needs water from the Tijuana River the most, and who could take it in a region ruled by complex international treaties?

voiceofsandiego.org

 

[Swordsmyth]

You have an uncanny nose for headlines so oversimplified that they can only be described as bullshit.

Here's some background on the situation, for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear anything but spite.

Who Owns the Tijuana River – and Who Needs Its Water Most

The Mexican government says the water is theirs, at least before it crosses the border. And they’re exploring what to do with it. Who needs water from the Tijuana River the most, and who could take it in a region ruled by complex international treaties?

voiceofsandiego.org

Oh dear, Trump is retaliating for them ripping us off on their end of the treaty and facilitating the invasion and drug cartels.

Oh dear, oh dear oh dear......

 

[Swordsmyth]

You have an uncanny nose for headlines so oversimplified that they can only be described as bullshit.

Here's some background on the situation, for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear anything but spite.

Who Owns the Tijuana River – and Who Needs Its Water Most

The Mexican government says the water is theirs, at least before it crosses the border. And they’re exploring what to do with it. Who needs water from the Tijuana River the most, and who could take it in a region ruled by complex international treaties?

voiceofsandiego.org

Who owns the Colorado river?

 

[acptulsa]

Oh dear, Trump is retaliating for them ripping us off on their end of the treaty and facilitating the invasion and drug cartels.

Oh dear, oh dear oh dear......

I would hope that this, which isn't "cutting off water" but rather a refusal to build a new channel, would be a decision made for reasons other than spite.

I'm not the person in this conversation who seems to think spite makes the world go 'round.

 

[unknown]

How do you cut off a river?

 

[Swordsmyth]

How do you cut off a river?

You don't divert water from it.

 

[Snowball]

Tijuana needs a real solution, because it's grown so rapidly, it's not just a little shanty town for bad women and stinky bars anymore,
but, like Vegas it's huge suburban sprawl.

They are already going ahead with a desalinization plant, so I wish them luck.

Although Mexico wants to maintain their deliveries according to the agreement, they are experiencing drought and have a hard time with it.

Meanwhile the now 2 million Tijuanans will rely on trucked-in water deliveries that cost more. Oh well.
Maybe you shouldn't grow a city and suburbs so fast without thinking about this chit first.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Friday that Mexico will immediately deliver water to Texas farmers, aiming to ease tensions with the United States under a decades-old treaty that has drawn renewed scrutiny and threats from President Donald Trump.

https://www.newsweek.com/sheinbaum-responds-mexico-texas-water-treaty-trump-2058686

Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum responds to Donald Trump's water demand

President Donald Trump accused Mexico on Thursday of stealing water from Texas.

www.newsweek.com

 

[idiom]

Hey look, the Anti-war President identifies another Cassus Belli.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Hey look, the Anti-war President identifies another Cassus Belli.

Mexico has been waging war on us for decades.

 

[acptulsa]

Mexico has been waging war on us for decades.

Your parents didn't drop you on your head just once, SwordMitt. You must have been their basketball.