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[Torillian]

IkePoR said:

Torillian said:

Trying to get leverage on China so that they'll play nicely when it comes to things like IP laws can make sense. What exactly do we want from Mexico and Canada?

That's the million dollar question.  If we take into account what Trump says(illegal northern and southern border crossings, drug smuggling) and who Trump is(petty, arrogant, tough), I concluded this: oil from Canada, extortion from both.

So we want to extort them for stuff, nothing to do with fairness or whatever like we can argue with China. So then my argument is that this is a bad move to extort your closest allies in the world. We hurt our legitimacy on the world stage for minimal short term gains.