I think we should announce that we are closing the border when the invasion gets to within 100 miles of the border. No one at that point crosses in or out. Have the military enforcing the border closing. Announce it now so that American tourists are aware of the risk they are taking.
Reasonable. Combine that with shutting off all money transfers out of the US to Latin America.
And...
Trump stating that the new trade deal with Mexico is dead, but the portion of the deal with Canada is still going to move forward to the Senate for ratification.
Mexico’s revenue streams (currently)
#1 - Oil
#2 - Money remittances from USA
We shut off #2
We frack, frack, frack to drop the price of oil and diminish #1
We close the border and kill the trade deal with Mexico to shut off all trade revenue and imbalance with Mexico.
You are right, Trump needs to slam the door while the invading barbarian army is still at least 3 days away from a US border.
Mexico will be exposed after these hurricanes.
We will see if Mexico spends its resources taking care of its people, or if they spend those resources supporting the barbarian army’s march toward our border.
Let Mexico know we are prepared to inflict a level of pain on their economy sufficient to gain compliance from them. Whatever it takes. And shutting down the border to all people and commerce is just a first step.
Yes, an economically painful step for both countries but necessary.