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Originally Posted by evilnewbie
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That's not what that article says at all. Don't know how you got that. Maybe you don't understand what happened.
1. They had an in-person meeting scheduled.
2. Prez of Mexico intimated that he was rethinking whether that mtg was a good idea.
3. Trump did a tweet that maybe it WAS better not to have a mtg. (sounds like a macho thing he's doing)
4. Prez of Mexico publicly cancels the mtg.
Result: Trump messed up our good relations with one of our closest allies, and on whom we rely for millions of jobs. First time in recent history. One thing Trump did was publicly tweet a communication, rather than a dignified, respectful private phone call.
Relations had thus ceased. Communications of any sort ruined by Trump.
So Trump was talked to by experts and it was 'splained to him that he needs to reconnect with Mexico. We need good relations with our close ally. We definitely need to be able to communicate with Mexico.
So....
5. Trump makes a private phone call to the Prez (which is what he should have done before, instead of a tweet), and they talk for an hour.
Result:
Communications are now restored, after Trump apologized and behaved like a President. Trump now agrees that he won't be tweeting or making public statements about his and Mexico Prez's communications, unless they both agree.
The Mexico Prez's statement is identical to Trump's, except that he explicitly states that their communications regarding "the wall" is not to be publicly discussed. Making it clear to Trump what the parameters of the agreement are, so if Trump breaks the agreement, this was made clear and Trump can't claim he didn't realize that.
Trump hopefully will behave more like a President, now. You don't tweet things about foreign leaders. These aren't companies. He's not in Kansas, anymore.
Trump is in school...learning how to be a President. Although anyone with common sense would know not to publicly proclaim or comment on any meeting or communication with a foreign leader, unless agreed to by both.
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