How was NAFTA a giveaway, didn't Canada and the US benefit? Else they would t have signed up. As to aid, as I understood it some years ago, often it's money given to buy US products, with the joke being that the check never leaves Wahington. And they have to pay back the loans that make up aid. With interest. (This, of course, is aside from the generous grants the US often makes - as do other rich countries - when disaster strikes.)
The question now is how Mexico and the US should deal with mass migrations from parts of Central America. We know the causes: drug gangs and national disasters. We sort of know the solutions. But no, Trump preferred to demonize migrants ("there are Middle Easterners in the caravan") and use child separation as a tool to prevent migration, with catastrophic results for many families. Instead, Trump could have addressed the American people about what was happening, explained our legal obligations under law and treaty, and taken the steps some other countries around the world have done when faced with similar situations. Impossible for him. He preferred spreading fear and ignorance. Ditto with illegal immigrants. Fine or jail repeat offender employers, set up a national ID system, fewer illegals. He might also have note the huge number of equally illegal, but lighter-skinned, visa-overstayers, so as to give us a more complete picture of the phenomenon. Nah. Easier to attack Pedro the gardener than Hans the barista. And such fun to bring victims of illegals on stage, Goebbels style, to explain the pain Jews, er, illegals caused them, even tho immigrants of all kinds have lower crime rates than citizens. Make America Hate Again.
