“See? No tariffs needed now. Trump didn’t want to impose tariffs.”
Trump is a genius. He needed to play carrot/stick diplomacy but he didn’t have a carrot, so he made one using his stick.
Trump: “Do this, or I will take your carrot. “
Mexico: “No, don’t take our carrot, we’ll do this.”
This isn’t going to work and we will be back to tariffs in 3 months. Forest Trump will learn.