One of the ways the border crisis and the nationwide impacts are the fault of President Joe Biden, beyond the day-one executive orders he signed, is how his weak leadership has signaled to adversarial foreign leaders they can be bolder in their demands and stubbornness.

This has manifested itself in two recent ways.

Mexico
Mexico, my family’s motherland. While Mexicans had been historically the demographic most often seen illegally crossing the border, the Biden administration made sure the entire world goes through the Central American country, ravaged by its drug war, to come to our doorstep. Mexico’s cooperation when it comes to illegal immigrants going through their country in order to reach ours is critical. It is also fleeting.

At the end of the day, Mexico views the migrants in their country as America’s problem and a way to make money as they make their way north. What is often forgotten today is how wild President Trump was towards Mexico to make them get their act together. The statements threatening a 5% tariff on all goods entering from Mexico if they didn’t do their part to stop illegal immigrants were wildly panned within the U.S., but Mexico took the threats seriously.