Yes, Trump went from building walls to be distributed. Welcome to one more chapter of your Politiconovela: “Love with tariffs.”
These comments occur in a context of commercial tensions, where the Trump administration has imposed severe tariffs on several nations. However, in a movement that nobody expected (nor his advisors), Trump “forgave” for a while longer to all countries, being Mexico the most benefited when leaving him out of the black tariff. “I don’t want to harm Mexico,” he said, as if talking about a former who still exchange likes on Instagram.
Sheinbaum, meanwhile, responded with diplomacy, but without losing firmness. While thanks the compliments, he already put his economic team to work in the diversification of trade with Latin America, Europe and Asia. “It’s not that I don’t love you, Donald … is that I also need to meet others,” seems to say between the lines. A preventive, intelligent and very Sheinbaum style: smiles, but with the chess board already armed.
And if someone had doubts about his international leadership, it was enough to see her at the recent Celac summit, where he assumed a leading role among the leaders of the region. From Buenos Aires to Havana, Sheinbaum made it clear that Mexico not only wants to be a business partner of the United States, but also a political reference in Latin America. In other words: while some distributing sanctions, others build bridges.
Meanwhile, the Mexican weight, far from shaking, was strengthened. Yes, while Trump praises, the dollar shrinks. It is as if the Mexican economy responded better to flirting than threats.
New beginnings in sight
In this chapter of the diplomatic soap opera, there are also new characters: the American Senate confirmed to Ronald Johnson, an exagent of the CIA, as a new ambassador to Mexico. A guy with a spy movie villain that, they say, arrives with the intention of “strengthening ties”, although in Mexico they see it more as someone who will “watch close.”
