Donald Trump is the virtual winner of the presidential election in the United States (US), but it will not be the first time he occupies the White House. Already In another period he held the reins of the North American country and, in that sense, many wonder: How did Mexico fare with his government?
The arrival of former President Donald Trump back to the presidential chair in the United States has turned on the red lights, since A second term for the Republican candidate would imply a change in relations with Mexico.
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Let us remember that, since his first arrival at the White House in 2017 – even before – he has been one of the most controversial politicians in the US, starting from its marked anti-immigrant policyfor which he has blamed Mexico on multiple occasions.
The border wall
Trump’s presidential candidate campaigns already showed a certain rejection of Mexico and the migrants who arrived in the US from the neighboring country..
In 2015, Trump used the escape of drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán as an example of the problems facing the country; He assured that the case reinforces the need to secure the border.
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According to the Republican, Mexico is “a corrupt place” with a “horrible” justice system so from the beginning of his campaign defended the need to build “a great wall” on the southern border of the United States.
In August 2016, the then Republican candidate met with President Enrique Peña Nieto; At the end of their meeting, the president of Mexico at that time and Trump explained that some of the topics that were discussed were the trade relationship and the border wall that the Republican candidate wanted to build, coupled with the fact that he wanted Mexico to pay for his construction, this in order to prevent more migrants from reaching the United States.
Tariff increases to Mexico
During his term in 2019, then-President Trump threatened Mexico with increasing tariffs by 5% on Mexican imports..
The US president indicated that the imposition of this measure would cease until the flow of undocumented migrants to his country stops.
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In response, the Mexican president sent a letter stating that they should deepen the dialogue and look for alternatives to the immigration problem.
“Remember that I do not lack courage, that I am not cowardly or timid, but that I act on principles: I believe in politics that, among other things, was invented to avoid confrontation and war,” the letter reads.
However, Trump affirmed that Mexico had been taking advantage of the US, because by not paying tariffs American companies would return to their country.
“Pacification force” on the border with Mexico
In April 2022, Donald Trump offered an interview for the radio program “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show”where he mentioned wanting emulate the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and send a “pacification force” to the border with Mexico.
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He explained that for him the idea was “a genius” and that it could be done on the southern border of the United States with Mexico.
“There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re going to keep the peace, no doubt.”he declared for the program.
Trump “bent” Mexico with “Stay in Mexico” program
In 2022, when the American politician was about to leave the Presidency, he recalled that during his mandate he “doubled” Mexico with the “Stay in Mexico” programwhich involved the free deployment of 28 thousand soldiers on the southern border of Mexico.
He declared during a rally that threatened President López Obrador with increasing tariffs on Mexican imports by 25%, otherwise he would put the soldiers.
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In the same way as the wall, the former president hoped that Mexico would pay for keeping migrants out of the United States, this time through soldiers.
Later, the then president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, during one of his mornings, indicated that he was not going to argue about the former US president’s statements. “He is like that,” he pointed out, and ruled out that he had disrespected Mexico.
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