With his swift intimidation of both Canada and Mexico in these last hours and days by raising a credible threat of tariffs, President Trump just gave us a dazzling display of sensible, power-backed American statesmanship. This hemisphere is our natural sphere of influence, and we should not be afraid to influence it.
What we are seeing is what Pareto or Machiavelli might have seen as a long-overdue natural correction of an imbalance between “lions” and “foxes”. (In particular, Mr. Trump’s flamboyant mogging of Fidel Castro, Jr., during the final weeks of that epicene jackass’s political Untergang, was a joy to behold.)
Next up for the American hemisphere: the end of China’s control of the Panama Canal.
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I too was very impressed by Trump’s handling of Canada and Mexico this week. This article in The Spectator, however, indicates the enormity of the problem that he confronts to the South, with the “Mexican state-cartel alliance.”
I forgot to post the link. Here it is:https://thespectator.com/mexico/mexican-state-cartel-alliance-amlo/