complete breakdown in civil society off of *their* southern borders
This is Trump and his current constituency in a nut shell. Whereas Mexico could do more to stop the influx of illegal immigrants coming from their border the actual problem is more south. If you look further, the major hubs of illegal immigrants were, or still are, Banana Republics who were destabilized by the US decades ago.
Companies are moving back to the US from Mexico folks. Trump plays the long-term game.
A TON of car manufacturers offshore production to Mexico. Of the car manufacturers that have returned, they have cited slow downs in sales of cars produced in their Mexican facilities, NOT the Stable Genius, as the reason for closing shop there. A characteristic of Trump is to take credit for things he hasn't done. This is yet another one of those instances.
Gems, machinery, vegetables, plastics, etc are still produced in Mexico and will be for a long time. You have to be asleep to think Tariff Man is doing anything for America w.r.t. Mexico. Turn off Hannity for a minute and read the analyst reports.
If he did want to resolve illegal immigration we'd take part of the wall money, ask Mexico to contribute to the fund as well, and rebuild El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and other illegal immigration hubs that we destabilized so they have no reason to flee anymore.