Former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021) named current Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador “Juan Trump” for the resemblance between them, revealed the former Mexican Minister of Economy Ildefonso Guajardoon Wednesday, August 16th.

Guajardo led a delegation from the government of Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018), along with then foreign minister Luis Videgaray, who negotiated with the Trump administration. new USMCA free trade agreementsome conversations that continued even when López Obrador was already president-elect.

“When we came to Washington from time to time for talks, President Trump welcomed us into his office, Luis Videgaray and me, and do you know how he addressed the current President Andres? He asked us how is Juan Trump doing?Guajardo explained in a speech at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington.

According to Guajardo, Trump used the nickname for López Obrador, who won the 2018 election, because “She looked at him like he was a mirror.”

The former minister, current international spokesman for the opposition alliance Va por México, said that Trump and Lopez Obrador have ‘different origins’ but both “hate a free press”, pursue a “polarization strategy” and demand “absolute loyalty to their team” or fire those who doubt it.

“It’s amazing that one seems to come from the left and the other supposedly comes from the extreme right, but they are very similar‘ Guajardo said.

Despite Trump’s attacks on Mexicans, former US President and López Obrador they developed a fluid relationship and even expressed personal sympathies.

López Obrador confirmed Trump’s false allegations of electoral fraud in 2020 and was one of the last world leaders to acknowledge Joe Biden’s victory at the time.

EFE