[DiogenesLamp]

Looks like Trump found a way to let the Mexicans save face while he continues his plan to build the wall. The twist is that now the wall is framed as being in the interests of both the US and Mexico. It’ll stop illegal immigrants from flowing north and guns from flowing south.

This is the sort of finesse you would expect for someone who is a master of "the art of the deal."

Say what you will otherwise, but New York is a pretty D@mn good training ground for being a Wheeler Dealer.

"If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. "

:)

[Yardstick]

No doubt. I’m not sure it has fully registered with the press and the pundits the magnitude of what Trump pulled off today. I was just reading a piece over at NRO and the writer said the event with Nieto went “pretty well”.

Regarding a possible deal, I wonder if maybe Trump agreed to back off of his boast that Mexico will pay for it in exchange for their public acceptance of the idea of the wall. To me that would be an acceptable concession if it kept them from being an obstacle. I’m going to be keeping and eye on whether the bit about them paying for it stays in his speeches.