Mexico

Benjamin Netanyahu has tweeted his support for President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the US border with Mexico. The Israeli Prime Minister said on Saturday that the proposal was  a ‘great idea’ alongside images of the Israeli and American flags. “President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration,” Netanyahu said. President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success.

While readers are aware by now of the intricate trade link that binds Mexico to the US, it is more than merely autos and avocados. As the chart below shows, of the $302 billion in total Mexican exports (offset by $179 billion in imports), the largest two categories were electrical machinery & equipment, followed by nuclear reactors, boilers machinery & equipment, with motor only coming in third spot.

Just over a month ago, President-elect Trump and Mexico's richest man, Carlos Slim, enjoyed what was described by Trump as "a lovely dinner with a wonderful man" at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.  Many viewed the meeting a start toward thawing relations with Mexico after a hard-fought campaign in which Trump relentlessly hammered our southern neighbor over jobs and illegal immigration.   Per the Washington Post:

Is the Mexican president looking to salvage something from yesterday's dramatic diplomatic devastation?

According to AP, shortly before his meeting with Theresa May, President Donald Trump spent one hour talking on the phone to the president of Mexico, Pena Nieto, amid "rising tensions" over Trump's proposed wall along the border. Two administration officials confirmed Friday's call.

The former Presidente of Mexico, Vincente Fox, has been trolling President Trump on twitter for about a year now, over that fucking wall.

Somehow Vincente thinks he has a choice when it comes to paying for the wall or not, considering the fact that billions of dollars are wired in from Mexican citizens living in America illegally on an annual basis and the fact that they enjoy a $60b surplus with us. Nevertheless, it makes for good media.