> It is a negotiation tactic with those two countries. It is an incoherent and amateur negotiation tactic. If the US can't secure the southern border on its ow

> It is a negotiation tactic with those two countries. It is an incoherent and amateur negotiation tactic. If the US can't secure the southern border on its own, what makes anyone think that Mexico is going to be able to do a better job at that? Naturally, we are ignoring for the moment that the majority of illegal immigration does not happen at the border in the first place. As for fairness, maybe Trump should have addressed that when he timidly rubber-stamped NAFTA 2 during his first term. And you're not going to beat "Chinese tax evasion" in this way without charging these taxes on every country on Earth. These import taxes are performative posturing. Please stop trying to paint them as part of some brilliantly motivated campaign.