U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Mexico is Ron Johnson. Not to be confused with Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, this Ron Johnson is a former ambassador to the Central American nation of El Salvador, from 2019 to 2021, during Trump’s first term. Johnson is fluent in Spanish, which is good for a U.S. ambassador to Mexico.
On March 25th, 2025, Johnson and other ambassadors and ambassador nominees were in attendance at a meeting with President Trump.
They introduced themselves, and Johnson, addressing Trump, said this: “Thank you for the nomination to represent you and going to the United Mexican States and really encouraged by the conversations you’ve had with the President recently and to the increase in support that we’ve seen of the government on our border, on the border issues, so thank you sir.”
To which Trump replied “They’ve stepped it up a lot, Mexico and Canada. Yeah, it works, right?”
This seems to indicate that Trump is pleased with border cooperation from Canada and Mexico. How will that affect the tariffs?