The scheduled inauguration of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States is just a few days away. How will Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum get along with Trump?
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Even though not yet president, Trump is already, for all practical purposes, being treated as president by foreign leaders. They know they have to deal with him after January 20th, so they might as well start now.
Regarding immigration and the border, Claudia Sheinbaum has accepted the fact that she has to take in deportees. She is even willing to take in non-Mexican deportees, although she previously balked at that.
Simultaneously, the Mexican government, through its massive consular network in the United States, is working on using lawfare to prevent or delay the deportation of as many illegal aliens as possible. They are also providing an app to Mexican illegal aliens with which they can contact the nearest consulate and their families if they are detained.
After all the hullabaloo, I think that Claudia Sheinbaum will have a constructive relationship with Donald Trump. After all, the previous Mexican President AMLO got along with President Biden, before that with Trump (first administration). There’s just too much at stake.
Sheinbaum and Trump have yet to meet. When they do meet, I think it will go well.
Remember, international politics is about finding common interests. And the U.S. and Mexico have common interests.
Regarding Trump’s silly proposal to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America”, that may just be talk.
But suppose Trump really did that. It’s not unheard of for a geographical entity to have different names. After all, Mexico has its own language and can call it what it wants.
There’s a strategic body of water in the Near East called the Persian Gulf. It’s been called that since the time of the ancient Greeks. But in recent times, Arabs decided to call it the Arabian Gulf.
It doesn’t matter. We still call it the Persian Gulf, even though the Arabs call it the Arabian Gulf. It’s still the same body of water.