Trump Has Already Wrecked a Crucial Alliance

Trump Has Already Wrecked a Crucial Alliance
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When Trump attacks Mexico, when he blithely says that Mexico will pay for the wall, he is not pre-conditioning a negotiating counterpart. Instead, he is undoing years of patient diplomacy and riling up a long-dormant Mexican nationalism. He is telling us that our old suspicions were right and that the U.S. is a foe, a bully not to be trusted.

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