With Trump threatening to shut down the southwest border because of the surging number of migrants showing up there, his normally outspoken Mexican counterpart might be expected to raise his voice in protest. But he’s not.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks Monday at the National Palace in Mexico City.
“Mexico … refused to help with illegal immigration & drugs!” Trump tweeted last week. “Mexico must stop illegals from entering the U.S.” The Mexican press reported that Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and advisor, met here privately with Lopez Obrador and top aides on March 19 and relayed Trump’s threat not only to close the border but also to cancel the newly negotiated U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade accord, a mainstay of Mexico’s economy. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
. Trump’s campaign denunciations of Mexicans in the United States as “criminals” and “rapists” drew rebuke here, as has his insistence on building a border wall.Since taking office on Dec. 1, Lopez Obrador has endeavored to cooperate with U.S. officials on an array of fronts. His administration agreed to a controversial plan whereby some Central American asylum seekers have toBut his government has also angered U.S.
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