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Originally Posted by New Era
I don't see how this is a negotiation failure. It's a failure to get to the table, not a failure in negotiation. Plus, Trump has said there is no negotiation here, Mexico will pay for the wall. Period. Trump is an idiot, but this wasn't a good attack on him.
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This is a negotiation on whether or not Mexico pays for the wall. If Mexico does not pay for the wall, Mexico wins. In other words, if there's no negotiations, Mexico wins by default. That's why Trump is losing and Nieto is winning.
Btw, I think this could be a much bigger deal than people realize. It's the first fight Trump is in, and more significantly he picked it himself. There's a lot of speculation that Trump might be all talk and no bite, but nobody really knows if that's the case. One big reason why his words have so far had so much impact is because they're given the significance a POTUS usually gets.
If it turns out Trump is a weak and incompetent leader, a lot of countries are going to start looking for better deals and wanting to get out of deals they were forced into by previous administrations. Add that to the situation where domestic leaders and groups are itching for a fight, and the Trump administration could quickly get swamped with more trouble than they have time to deal with.