I have so, so, much respect and admiration for this lady.
The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, knows just how to handle Donald Trump. She doesn’t get rattled, no, she is calm, cool, and collected through his ridiculous crap. She is polite but firm. How many people do you think could be the same way? I’m not sure I’m that talented.
Take this tariff bullsh*t. Mexico has been one of our closest partners for decades. But now he had tried to slap a 25% tariff on them for imports into the US. Then it worked out that she sent troops to do the border, a majority of which were already there, and tRump put the tariff on hold for a month. Except, now he has slapped a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum. Well, that’s just more nonsense. It’s going to mean less production and higher prices for the products that use that in the US. But yea he’s working on the economy. Heh.
Mexico has moved troops to the border several times before. Sheinbaum, meanwhile, pointed out that the US – for the first time – had agreed to work together to prevent high-powered weapons from entering Mexico. The agreement is something her country had been seeking for years, even going as far as suing American gun manufacturers in US courts.
One of Sheinbaum’s achievements has been seeing past Trump’s rhetoric in order to play the long game. With a US president, a political leader like Trump, the last thing you want to do is to engage in a shouting match of any kind, and particularly in the context of such a vitally important bilateral relationship,” Wood said of Mexico, which became the United States’ top trading partner in 2023. “And she’s consulting widely with Mexican society and elites to make sure that she is taking their concerns into consideration but also benefiting from their insights.”
While Sheinbaum’s response to Trump has largely been calm, it’s been firm too. When the White House said “the government of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels,” in a February 1 statement, Sheinbaum was indignant. “We categorically reject the slander from the White House,” Sheinbaum said that same day. She fired back on X that if there’s such an alliance, it exists between US gun shops and the criminal groups.”
She is really strong to be able to do this and her successes have not gone unnoticed, both in her country and out of it. She knows how to handle the Mango Mandarin and she does so with style. The phrase “El que se enoja, pierde,” (“he who gets angry, loses”) is a popular refrain in Mexico. So she doesn’t get angry, at least not that we’ve seen. I don’t think I could do that in her position. And we are working together, a little bit at a time, even with the Confused Carrot’s antics. That’s wonderful to know.
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Sheinbaum is a glorious triple threat to Sphincter Face and his Nazi Oligarch! She is a strong woman; her family survived the Holocaust; and, she is the leader of Mexico!! 😱🤣
The internet conspiracists are claiming she stole her election by getting the drug cartels to murder her rivals! 🤪 Sure, Jan!! If she were a man, Sphincter would be helping to spread that lie, but strong women scare him to death! 🤭