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Mexico counters Trump, suggests calling US 'Mexican America' (www.dw.com)

submitted 1 day ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/news@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24046998

Summary

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum mocked Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" by suggesting the U.S. be renamed "Mexican America."

"It sounds nice, doesn’t it?" she said, pointing to a 17th-century map showing California, Texas, and Arizona once belonging to Mexico before the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). She also noted the Gulf of Mexico has had its name since 1607.

Sheinbaum warned new U.S. tariffs would prompt reciprocal measures.

While advocating for cooperation, she emphasized Mexico’s sovereignty and its historical ties with the U.S.

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 17 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Who's manipulating Trump?

Or, asking the same questions through different words: who's able to manipulate him, and benefits from USA losing all its soft power?

I'm asking this because there's a clear pattern in all this shit: he's taunting every single of USA's long-standing partners. First the EU (Greenland), then the Commonwealth (Canada), now Mexico. In the meantime the shit that Americans whine on the internet is becoming increasingly more relatable, hinting that the situation there is becoming more and more similar to the one here in Latin America.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Unpopular opinion: it's not Putin, it's Musk's buddies the oligarchs.

They're trying to isolate the USA, so when they decide to take over and turn it into a dictatorship, nobody will come to USA's aid.

[–] Odys@beehaw.org 2 points 7 hours ago

It's an interesting viewpoint, certainly not improbable. There is a strong connection between Elon, Trump and Putin though. It could be that Elon and Putin made some deal and that they both play Trump. That Elon used Trump is clear to me, Elon is the dominating one there. That leaves us with the Putin/Elon relation.

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