They’re only “folding” because they’re essentially being asked to do nothing or getting agreements they’ve wanted for ages, none of which required a trade war. In the article Mexico supposedly is getting help with weapons trafficked from the US to Mexico, something they’ve wanted for a while and the only thing they agreed to was to put some troops near the border. There’s no substantive mention of any work done towards the “trade deficit” Trump was yelling about.
So yeah it “worked” but only in areas we could have achieved with a friendly phone call without all the bullshit trump is doing. Anyone with enough of a brain to understand you can do those things without baseless threats could’ve done what Trump did faster and with less blowback.
the only thing they agreed to was to put some troops near the border.
10k is a bit more than “some”, imo. But it still means that Mexico caved to demands, no? Why wouldn’t they do it before if all it took was a phone call?
Sidenote, I’m asking these questions because I truly don’t understand. I’m not trying to start anything here, except maybe some educational comments
They’re only “folding” because they’re essentially being asked to do nothing or getting agreements they’ve wanted for ages, none of which required a trade war. In the article Mexico supposedly is getting help with weapons trafficked from the US to Mexico, something they’ve wanted for a while and the only thing they agreed to was to put some troops near the border. There’s no substantive mention of any work done towards the “trade deficit” Trump was yelling about.
So yeah it “worked” but only in areas we could have achieved with a friendly phone call without all the bullshit trump is doing. Anyone with enough of a brain to understand you can do those things without baseless threats could’ve done what Trump did faster and with less blowback.
10k is a bit more than “some”, imo. But it still means that Mexico caved to demands, no? Why wouldn’t they do it before if all it took was a phone call?
Sidenote, I’m asking these questions because I truly don’t understand. I’m not trying to start anything here, except maybe some educational comments
No amount of troops on the border will stop illegal immigration.
Only accessible legal pathways to immigration do that.
Please try testing your hypothesis at the Korean DMZ