Summary
Tensions between Mexico and Canada have escalated amid Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on both nations.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized Canada’s handling of border issues and claimed Canada “could only wish” for Mexico’s cultural riches, intensifying the feud.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to highlight Canada’s border management compared to Mexico’s, while Mexican officials accused Canada of using Mexico as a political scapegoat.
Both nations continue efforts to persuade Trump to reverse the tariffs. Diplomatic relations remain strained as the dispute unfolds.
Still, this basically feels like a speed-run of losing the Prisoner’s dilemma.
This is Mexico standing up for itself.
What Trudeau did was act like a biggity bitch and played right into Trump’s hands.
If America really shuts the border down completely, Mexico is the real winner. The cartels are only there to smuggle into America, and the guns come back over in exchange for drugs. Also when Obama was doing it…
Stop the flow of drugs and guns across the border, and the cartels will go somewhere else where the action is.
Like, straight up. Mexico has a win/win here, and a president willing to call Trump’s bluff