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Originally Posted by SenorKeeed
Oh there's no question he couldn't sustain closing the border for as long as he shut down the government. But my point was that Trump isn't above taking incredibly disruptive action for much longer than is prudent to try to get his way.
The Weeds covered this and I thought their analysis was pretty good. One theory is that Trump's style is the madman theory brinksmanship every time. So he's threatening to close the border to hurt Mexico to get Mexico to stop migrants from transiting through Mexico, host asylum seekers, etc.
The Weeds pointed out though that Mexico has been pretty accommodating to Trump already. They agreed to keep asylum seekers in Mexico and they're clamped down on migrants transiting before. So this brinksmanship may not even be necessary because Mexico would do it anyways.