Mexico has internal politics and relations with its southern neighbors, too. It’s likely that at least some agreements between the Mexican and U.S. governments need to be low key.
Mexico has internal politics and relations with its southern neighbors, too. It’s likely that at least some agreements between the Mexican and U.S. governments need to be low key.
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You are right. And any major affront risking the economic bankruptcy of Mexico would be an affront to all, whether they act that way or not.
Most armchair strategists will say “who cares”, but nearly all ignore the fact that there are those whom Americans consider our traditional enemies who have been casting greedy eyes on the entire region for decades. If the entire border were shut down and serious damage done to Mexico, it would most certainly stop nearly all illegal immigration. But at the same time it would vastly increase anti-American sentiment throughout Latin America, including Honduras, the staunchest and perhaps ONLY real ally the US has south of the border. The only thing worse would be an armed conflict.
The longer this goes on, the weaker the US influence in the region. Illegal immigration is only the tip of this iceberg, and is more a symptom than a disease. I’d love to see the SIGINT intercept at Soto Cano, and the reports going back to Fort Meade. We see in the news maybe ten percent of what’s really going on in nearly all international events.
Trump is far busier with this than he may appear, and he must be very careful how he handles it.