Phil1111 1,183 #1 June 30, 2018 Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador - dubbed 'Mexico's Donald Trump' - set for election win The politician labelled "Mexico's Donald Trump" is expected to be elected the country's president this weekend - and head straight onto a collision course with its unpredictable neighbour to the north.... But they also want their new leader to confront a US president who has spent two years demonising them. In one of Mexico City's more troubled neighbourhoods, voters become most animated when discussing Mr Trump.... Karla Vasquez said: "Donald Trump is garbage. There is no other way to describe him. "Of course we want our leader to stand up to him because that is why he is our president, so he can defend us, from him or anyone else." https://news.sky.com/story/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-dubbed-mexicos-donald-trump-set-for-election-win-11421521 "Amlo has already said that Mexico will not “do the United States’ dirty work” by stopping Central American migrants headed north.... As far as the United States is concerned, if the Trump era has strained relations with Mexico, Amlo’s election could change the dynamic even more drastically. In the best of circumstances, both countries would continue to ignore each other. In the worst, Trump would continue alienating Mexico in a way that will take generations to repair." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/mexico-obrador-election-trump-nafta-pena-nieto/563993/ "The Trump Administration has been similarly concerned. Roberta Jacobson, who until last month was the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, told me that senior American officials often expressed worry: “They catastrophized about AMLO, saying things like ‘If he wins, the worst will happen.’ ”... Ironically, his surging popularity can be attributed partly to Donald Trump. Within days of Trump’s election, Mexican political analysts were predicting that his open belligerence toward Mexico would encourage political resistance. Mentor Tijerina, a prominent pollster in Monterrey, told me at the time, “Trump’s arrival signifies a crisis for Mexico, and this will help AMLO.” Not long after the Inauguration, López Obrador published a best-selling book called “Oye, Trump” (“Listen Up, Trump”), which contained tough-talking snippets from his speeches. In one, he declared, “Trump and his advisers speak of the Mexicans the way Hitler and the Nazis referred to the Jews, just before undertaking the infamous persecution and the abominable extermination.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/25/a-new-revolution-in-mexico Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
