MEXICAN PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM TAKES A SWIPE AT US PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP ONE DAY AFTER HE SAID WE SHOULD CALL THE GULF OF MEXICO – THE GULF OF AMERICA.
DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY, WITH AN OLD GLOBAL MAP BEHIND HER, SHEINBAUM SARCASTICALLY SAID NORTH AMERICA SHOULD BE RENAMED “AMÉRICA MEXICANA”, OR “MEXICAN AMERICA”.
“OBVIOUSLY, THE GULF OF MEXICO’S NAME IS RECOGNIZED BY THE UNITED NATIONS, BY A UNITED NATIONS AGENCY, BUT WHY DON’T WE CALL IT (UNITED STATES) MEXICAN AMERICA?” SHEINBAUM ASKED. “SOUNDS NICE, DOESN’T IT?”
SHEINBAUM ARGUED THAT’S WHAT THE UNITED STATES USE TO BE CALLED ACCORDING TO A FOUNDING DOCUMENT DATING TO 1814.
SHE ALSO REITERATED THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS HAD ITS NAME SINCE 1607.
WHEN A REPORTER ASKED SHEINBAUM ABOUT THE INCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, SHE ASSURED THAT MEXICO WILL HAVE GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE SHE SAID TRUMP HAD GOOD RELATIONS WITH FORMER MEXICAN PRESIDENT LOPEZ OBRADOR.
WHILE OBRADOR WAS IN OFFICE, HE BUILT A RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUMP, AND UNDER U.S. PRESSURE, HIS GOVERNMENT STARTED BLOCKING MIGRANTS FROM HEADING NORTH.
TRUMP WANTS THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO DO MORE TO STOP THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS TO THE US SOUTHERN BORDER.
AFTER TRUMP MADE THE “GULF OF AMERICA” COMMENT DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY, HE SAID “MEXICO HAS TO STOP ALLOWING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO POUR INTO OUR COUNTRY.” HE ALSO SAID MEXICO IS RUN BY DRUG CARTELS AND IN RECENT WEEKS, THREATENED SHEINBAUM WITH TARIFFS ON MEXICAN IMPORTS IF HER ADMINISTRATION DOESN’T DO MORE TO HALT MIGRANTS AND DRUGS FROM COMING ACROSS THE US-MEXICO BORDER.
WEEKS AGO, SHEINBAUM INITIALLY SAID MEXICO WOULD NOT ACCEPT DEPORTEES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, HOWEVER, SHE CHANGED HER STANCE, STATING THAT MEXICO WOULD ACCEPT THOSE DEPORTEES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WITHIN LIMITS.