HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@philip_cardella" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>philip_cardella</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCould" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCould</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MexicanBorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MexicanBorder</span></a></p><p>Oh, and yes, the idea of closing the Mexican border even predates <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a>: </p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a> [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperationIntercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperationIntercept</span></a>] and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a> [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperationInterceptII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperationInterceptII</span></a>]tried closing the border to pressure Mexico – here’s what happened..."</p><p>"Although the border was reopened within a matter of days, once again, the shutdown severely hurt the border economy – as well as relations between the two countries."</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/nixon-and-reagan-tried-closing-the-border-to-pressure-mexico-heres-what-happened-114956" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/nixon-and-</span><span class="invisible">reagan-tried-closing-the-border-to-pressure-mexico-heres-what-happened-114956</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span></p>