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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Calmer Mexico Sees Trump Anew: as a Bluffer at the Poker Table
MEXICO CITY There was a time when Donald J. Trump first as a candidate and then as president could rile Mexico without really trying.
His threats to build a border wall and make Mexicans pay for it would ignite firestorms of patriotic fury and resentment. His promises to deport millions of undocumented immigrants would send politicians to draft contingency plans. His vows to re-engineer the North American Free Trade Agreement and bring Mexico to heel would shake the foundations of the state.
But on Wednesday, the suggestion from the White House that Mr. Trump was finalizing an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from Nafta revealed a different, more experienced Mexico, one that was learning to live with what it considers Mr. Trumps bluster and stagecraft and not inclined to publicly react too quickly.
It seems like hes sitting at a poker table bluffing rather than making serious decisions, said Senator Armando Ríos Piter, a Mexican legislator. In front of a bluffer, you always have to maintain a firm and dignified position.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/americas/mexico-trump-nafta-trade.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region
His threats to build a border wall and make Mexicans pay for it would ignite firestorms of patriotic fury and resentment. His promises to deport millions of undocumented immigrants would send politicians to draft contingency plans. His vows to re-engineer the North American Free Trade Agreement and bring Mexico to heel would shake the foundations of the state.
But on Wednesday, the suggestion from the White House that Mr. Trump was finalizing an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from Nafta revealed a different, more experienced Mexico, one that was learning to live with what it considers Mr. Trumps bluster and stagecraft and not inclined to publicly react too quickly.
It seems like hes sitting at a poker table bluffing rather than making serious decisions, said Senator Armando Ríos Piter, a Mexican legislator. In front of a bluffer, you always have to maintain a firm and dignified position.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/americas/mexico-trump-nafta-trade.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region
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A Calmer Mexico Sees Trump Anew: as a Bluffer at the Poker Table (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2017
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If we voters can keep up the pressure, we may make it through Trump mostly whole.
herding cats
Apr 2017
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ismnotwasm
(41,995 posts)1. K&R
herding cats
(19,565 posts)2. If we voters can keep up the pressure, we may make it through Trump mostly whole.
Problem is I'm seeing more people disconnecting from politics here recently. Which is worrisome to me.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)3. Trump bluffs every time he opens his mouth.
It's only as president that his bluffs are starting to get called.