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Old 01-26-2017, 11:05 AM  
crockett
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The first foreign government to act on a tweet from Trump

"The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers...of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting." Trump 1-26-2017

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...15820391305216

6 days in office and his Twitter has impacted foreign policy & negotiations
Yeah, I saw this before hand. Nieto, played this well and it will piss Trump off because of his ego. Basically he took power away from Trump. Trump used a threat as a power play and Nieto called his bluff and yanked the power right out of his tiny little hands.
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