I Thought Mexican President Obrador...

[busterbrown]

leaned heavily to the left who immensely disliked Trump..
and yet today announced that he was not going to allow Guatemala immigrants to cross into Mexico (Something which Trump demanded) in order to flee the violence and danger of their country....

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/americas/mexico-election-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador.html

I just don't get it.. i was so freaking happy when he won the election.. Does anyone else remember when he lost the election to I think Fox back years ago? I was so upset..

Yep... Another piece of bad news today..

https://www.dailywire.com/news/39333/border-control-mexico-cracks-down-illegal-emily-zanotti

[MattP]

1. Seemed like a politico in the mold of Modi or Trump who appears liberal

But in reality is just about himself

[mr_lebowski]

2. Mexico's economy is extremely reliant on the USA. It's that simple ...

These asylum seekers are bringing on huge headaches with the Trump-led US government is the sad reality.

Unfortunately, when the USA says jump ... Mexico's leaders don't have a huge amount of choice in the matter, left-leaning or not. If their economy get screwed by the strong-arm of the USA, they're not getting re-elected.

[Anon-C]

6. I think its deeper than that; the Russian mafia, the Mexican mafia and the Aryan Brotherhood are...

..."client/brokers" allied, along with others against MS-13 for example.

[SCantiGOP]

7. You're right, Lebowski

We have no idea what kind of threats of economic action have been secretly passed on the Mexican government. Mexico, unlike China, has very little leverage with which to retaliate.

[SaintLouisBlues]

9. Politicians are term-limited in Mexico. One six-year term for the President.

But yes, huge pressure from the US either way.

[malaise]

3. Tariffs!

Take tariffs or stop the Central American people

[busterbrown]

4. Yea, but Trump tariffs on mexico..

would certainly have a huge negative effect on our economy..as well..Correct?

[malaise]

5. Which is why he folded

[Marengo]

8. Many Mexican are growing weary of the migrant traffic, and blame AMLO for allowing them to...

Cross the Mexican border. His first responsibility is to them, not to any other nationality.

[Blue_true]

10. Obrador does not have a choice.

Mexico is a seriously weak country economically. The national oil company is deep in debt, so it can't contribute to state finances, in fact, it is now a drain on state finances.

Past Presidents of Mexico, including Viscente Fox, whom many on DU admire, allowed plundering of the country by the elites. Those presidents did little to nothing to improve the deplorable lot of indigenous Mexicans, who make up pretty much all of Mexican undocumented immigration into the US. White skinned Mexicans are doing and always have done well in that country and have little need to leave, they are the class that Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world, come from.

So Obrador has an empty pantry to work with. Trump can successfully bully him.