>The Mexican leader, a canny and experienced politician, has in turn maximised his leverage over the Democratic administration to push through leftwing nationalist reforms that opponents say have weakened democracy, allowed organised crime to expand, crimped economic growth and prejudiced foreign investment — all without criticism from Washington.
>López Obrador “understood very clearly that if he did as much of the dirty work on immigration for the US as he could . . . he would get from the Americans basically an attitude of leaving him alone,” says Jorge Castañeda, a former Mexican foreign minister and expert on US-Mexico relations. “He could pretty much get away with whatever he wanted.”
Deplorable from both sides.
Can’t wait to see how partisans are going to defend this, though.
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Is it so bad that I’m willing to make that trade?
Taken another way, how can we get Mexico to combat its democratic backsliding AND secure its southern border? I’m not sure we can.
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>The Mexican leader, a canny and experienced politician, has in turn maximised his leverage over the Democratic administration to push through leftwing nationalist reforms that opponents say have weakened democracy, allowed organised crime to expand, crimped economic growth and prejudiced foreign investment — all without criticism from Washington.
>López Obrador “understood very clearly that if he did as much of the dirty work on immigration for the US as he could . . . he would get from the Americans basically an attitude of leaving him alone,” says Jorge Castañeda, a former Mexican foreign minister and expert on US-Mexico relations. “He could pretty much get away with whatever he wanted.”
Deplorable from both sides.
Can’t wait to see how partisans are going to defend this, though.
Is it so bad that I’m willing to make that trade?
Taken another way, how can we get Mexico to combat its democratic backsliding AND secure its southern border? I’m not sure we can.