- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
U.S. President Donald Trump will pause new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, he said on Monday on social media.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the agreement also includes a U.S. commitment to act to prevent trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico. The two leaders spoke by phone on Monday, just hours before U.S. tariffs on Mexico, China and Canada were set to take effect.
The two counties will use the month-long pause to engage in further negotiations, Trump said.
When was Mexico refusing to be at the table? There is an open relationship and trade agreements in place already… if Trump wanted to talk to Mexico about anything he could have done so with zero barriers
In the meantime, you can rest assured that to “bring Mexico” to the imaginary table they were not in, he torpedoed 100% of trust anyone in the world could possibly have about any contract or agreement with the USA
This isn’t a normal rational thing. This is Trump using schoolyard bully tactics. Mexico went the appeasement route. Trump doesn’t care about anyone respecting the US, he cares what he can get them to do for him.
Yes, I know how kids act… the point is that he is cutting the USA’s nose to spite its face… so not sure how is that any “win” for the USA…