Trump Manhandles Mexico, And Mexican Rabbits Cower

Mexico begins kissing up to Trump:

Mexican officials are focusing on the positives in the U.S.-Mexico relationship, avoiding direct references to the presidential campaign.

In an interview with The Hill Monday, Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo said “it’s not very convenient for foreign officials” to comment on U.S. elections. He said they will instead focus on the massive economic potential of the U.S.-Mexico partnership.

“The mere fact that Mexico has become an item in the debate should be an opportunity to reinforce the U.S-Mexico relationship. In a way, underlying that reality is the fact that whatever happens in Mexico has an impact in the U.S. That in itself is good,” said Guajardo.

Vicente Fox does as well:

During an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Mexican President Vicente Fox apologized Wednesday for the vulgar language he has used regarding GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the southern border and invited the likely Republican nominee to Mexico to see the border from the other side.

Liberals are fundamentally bullies. In r-selection, fighting is disadvantageous, but bluffing to an easy win without fighting can be highly advantageous. Like bullies, liberals will try to intimidate and ridicule an opponent into submission. If they can easily defeat the opponent they will even engage them. But if the opponent is formidable and does not cow in the face of the bluff, the liberal will quickly retreat, and even seek to curry favor with the opponent, to avoid enduring any consequence of their actions.

The only way to deal with them is as Trump did:

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was not fazed by former Mexican president Vincente Fox’s apology which was reported Wednesday afternoon.

In an interview with Bill O’Reilly, he was asked what he thought about the former president.

“Got any message for the former president of Mexico?” O’Reilly asked.

“Yeah, get your money ready because you’re going to pay for the wall,” Trump said. “We’ll get it straightened out.”

This is a key difference between rabbits and wolves. Viewing things from a perspective of right and wrong, this would enrage a wolf. If a wolf treats someone with decency and kindness, and then is treated callously, they will want to fight. It is a matter of principle, and the strength of the opponent will matter little.

But rabbits are different. Remember, as r-strategists, the rabbits primary driver is the avoidance of conflict, and especially costly conflicts. If someone with power and relative superiority treats the rabbit callously, that is all the more reason to buckle under and curry favor with them. The more callously and disrespectfully they are treated, the more it will appear conflict is imminent, and the more the rabbit will respond with ingratiating groveling to defuse the conflict.

It is a strange trait, but I have seen it myself. A man who thought nothing of utterly humiliating a little girl, treated with utter scorn and humiliated himself in front of others, responded with an almost reflexive adoration of his tormenter. When you see it, it is so strikingly different from what you would expect to do yourself that you cannot help but puzzle over it. What it is, is the rabbit’s compulsive instinct to avoid costly conflict in the r-selected environment.

That is what Trump seems to realize. And although Fox may mutter under his breath when he is sure Trump can’t hear him, I expect this callous treatment by Trump will only enhance US-Mexico relations – and significantly improve the deal the United States will get out of them.