Border row pitches Mexican president into deep water with Trump

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Trump’s threat to shut the U.S. border if Mexico does not halt all illegal immigration has exposed the limitations of the new Mexican government’s strategy of trying to appease the U.S. president as he gears up for re-election

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His words were a slap in the face to Lopez Obrador, who has refused to answer back to provocative comments from Trump. Instead, the Mexican leader has worked to cement his powerbase by combating poverty with welfare handouts and lambasting his predecessors as corrupt. Staunchly non-interventionist in international affairs, Lopez Obrador shows little interest in diplomacy. He has often said “the best foreign policy is domestic policy.”

Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said he did not believe Trump was demanding an outright stop to the migrant flow, which has run into the millions over the past decade. On Thursday, Lopez Obrador said migration was chiefly a matter for Washington and the troubled region, reflecting the view that Mexico cannot help being sandwiched between the struggling countries and the richest nation on the planet.

Meanwhile, Lopez Obrador’s savings drive to pay for his social programs has cut the budget of the National Migration Institute by more than a fifth this year.The clash illustrates Lopez Obrador’s miscalculation in thinking he could contain Trump’s hostility toward Mexico with U.S. presidential elections in 2020, said Agustin Barrios Gomez, a member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations.

 

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mundo ilegal, Jesus Crfisto!!

Yea well its about time America is not being managed by another country

A really smart move when we know very well that most of the illegal immigrants come to this country through airports.

Mexico can halt illegal immigration (eg the caravans, etc). The question is why don’t they?

potus is a r e t a r d

Complete bias and rubbish of an article! Mexico NOT controlling what's happening at its borders is its fault. Trump is simply reacting to the growing deteriorating situation. Reuters is about as objective as a starving Lion is about his next meal.

Mexican can halt illegal immigration (eg the caravans, etc). The question is why don’t they?

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