This is how bargaining work. First you demand them to pay $10billion, but you could settle for $5b. $5b is still a win and the rest could come from taxes from remittance
Its only proper that Mexico pay half the cost of the wall since we share the same border. Its like building a fence between houses
Bingo. This is the opening bid in a negotiation. He’s asking for way more than he expects to get. By the time it’s negotiated down to taxing remittances, that will seem like a great middle-of-the-road compromise. Meanwhile, taxing remittances is what Trump has planned all along.
I would also suggest we stop foreign aid to Mexico, which is over $500 million a year. Most of it end up in the hands of the corrupt kleptocracy anyway.