Black Sunday

[Dill]

(11-26-2018, 01:26 PM)Benton Wrote: Seriously, though, this is why Trump is a dangerous liability. He treats foreign policy like he treats women. As a guy with multiple ex-wives and allegedly millions paid to mistresses, that's not a good thing.

The gas and the caravan could have been avoided with a better relationship with Mexico. We could've handled it like we have other large migration groups in the past, with a mix of diplomacy and security. We talk to our southern allies, find somewhere for the people to go and then make sure they make it there. This isn't the first time America has had to deal with migration chunks. It's not like we used to shoot the rafts out from under the Cubans or play whack-a-mole with Mexicans coming out of tunnels.

To the first point--   Nail on the head.

One problem with your last point, though, is it overlooks how important manufactured drama is to maintaining the Trump base. Handling this situation like we have other migration groups in the past could have lowered Republican turn out--in part because Trump's base disagrees with a "mix of diplomacy and security" and in part because they don't respond to non-threats. Unlikely Trump would ever pick you as an advisor.