WASHINGTON — The United States directs an average of $320 million worth of aid a year to Mexico for various programs, all of which appear to be targets for President Trump as he looks for ways to pay for the proposed border wall with our southern neighbor.
But specialists say the aid won’t make for much of a bargaining chip as he tries to goad Mexico into footing the bill for the wall, and in fact, yanking the aid could backfire entirely.
Trump directed the government Wednesday to total the amount of "direct and indirect Federal aid or assistance to the Government of Mexico on an annual basis" in an executive order. That preceded a series of back-and-forth moves Thursday in which Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said his country would not pay for the wall and canceled a planned meeting with Trump next week. Then the Trump administration said it would hit Mexican imports with a 20% border tax, and then reversed field to say the planned tax was just an option.
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At last, a political leader showing true guts and leadership!. This type of Leadership is sorely needed in Australia, where politicians of all ilk have bowed, scrapped, grovelled and genuflected towards third world countries we so generously give taxpayer's money to in foreign aid. Millions and Millions of dollars go to third rate countries like Indonesia that shoot our people, blow them up in nightclubs, carry out entrapment exercises purely for corrupt purposes and treat Australians with contempt and disdain. All our weak kneed politicians can do is offer more aid to keep the peace. Get over here Trump and sort these lily livered pollies out - let places like Indonesia forfeit our hard earned dollars and lie in their own crapulence
