Mexico is facing a second Donald Trump presidency, and few countries can match its experience as a target of Trump’s rhetoric: There have been threats to close the border, impose tariffs and even send U.S. forces to fight Mexican drug cartels if the country doesn’t do more to stem the flow of migrants and drugs.
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FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, left, and Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Oct. 15, 2024. FILE - An SUV model built in Mexico for Chinese state-owned automaker JAC Motors is presented in the country's first JAC showroom, in Naucalpan, on the outskirts of Mexico City, March 28, 2017.
Back in 2019, Mexico’s then-President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador was a charismatic, plain-spoken, folksy leader who seemed to understand Trump, because both had a transactional view of politics: You give me what I want, I’ll give you what you want. The two went on to form a chummy relationship. First, Sheinbaum said, Trump quickly brought up the border to remind her there were issues there. Then he asked Sheinbaum to send his greetings to López Obrador, with whom Trump said he had “a very good relationship.” That might suggest that Trump believes that López Obrador — the new president's political mentor — is still in charge, a view shared by some analysts.
Today, Ebrard is Mexico’s economy secretary, and would lead Mexico’s delegation in the scheduled 2026 review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, something that Trump has greeted with mirth “I am optimistic. Unlike other countries, we are the largest trading partner , so, if you put up a tariff, that will have repercussions in the United States,” Ebrard said.
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