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Journalist Jesus Esquivel assured that the President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum, should do the same as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and meet personally with Donald Trump, President-elect of the United States and threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods.

During his participation in Aristegui Live, noted of Trudeau’s meeting with Trump over the weekend that “any ruler “The first thing he must do is to protect the interests of his nation.”

“And this is what Canada went with to meet Donald Trump in Florida, protect Canadian interests and forgetting about the alliance of friendship that should have existed with Mexico, as if I were telling you, check the drug seizure figures at our border. And the statistics there are completely different than in the south of your country with Mexico. “We are not that nation, we are Canada. “We are going to do a lot to combat, especially the illegal synthetic drug trade,” which continues to be complained about in the US,” he commented.

For Esquivel, ‘Nothing will be lost from the meeting’ between Trump and the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum and that Mexico’s position be clarified, since there is no guarantee that it has read the letter sent to it by the President or passed it on to its advisers.

“I believe that the president of our country He should emulate Justin Trudeau and try to talk to him personally and expose the situation. Another alternative is to wait until Jan. 20 to see if he signs executive orders to implement the tariffs, and then engage in tariff retaliation. It would be a North American problem with a war from north to south,” which would not be convenient for either Mexico or the United States.

“Who can convince Donald Trump to come to his senses? I think no one […] Let’s not forget that the future of the USMCA may also be in jeopardy,” he said.

In the meantime, he believed that it was necessary to be We are waiting for Trump to comment on his meeting with Justin Trudeau and the version offered by his government, implying that the situation had calmed down.

“I think Trudeau, under the pressure of the situation caused by the tariffs, defended the interests of his country. There are no letters here, there is no such kind of communication. And Donald Trump said this during his presidency and said it as a candidate, and now as the elected president: at a meeting you can understand with whom, he cited the example of the president of Russia and North Korea, that he can be understood with them,” he noted.

He believed that the explanations given by officials of this country regarding immigration and drug trafficking showed that for the Canadian government “There are no friends, there are interests.”

Trump nominations: “Irrational group of political vendettas”

Jesus Esquivel also commented on the situation. nominations that Donald Trump made over the weekend, like sheriff Chad Chronister as Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Kash Patel as the future director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He defined Trump’s appointments as appointments “an irrational group of political vendettas.”

Of Patel, he said that during Trump’s first presidency, he defended the president’s “right” to use the Department of Justice for their political interests.”

“In addition, he indicated The FBI is an institution that betrayed Donald Trump and must be reformed. This indicates that Christopher Wray, the current Director of the FBI, has his days numbered in this position.”

“Patel, as an example, pointed out that in addition to deep reform of the FBI, this institution must be used to combat the press that has been critical of Donald Trump; that journalists need to be investigated, spied on, monitored and convicted. “This is something coming from someone who could be director of the FBI, who would certainly have no problem getting confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee,” he said, since Republicans control the upper chamber.

For this reason, as soon as news of the nomination became known, there was talk in the media that Trump should think twice before nominating him. “that which will not be done.”

“We must also remember that during his presidency Trump wasa harsh critic – with all the presidential power – of the media that questioned him,” said the journalist.

In his opinion, Patel’s statements indicate the use of the judicial system, since the FBI is dependent on the Department of Justice. “For personal interests and political revenge.”

Patel also stated that Politicians need to be investigated, not just the press. and showed his anger when FBI officers arrived at Trump’s Palm Beach-Mar-a-Lago mansion to retrieve classified national security documents he took with him when he left the presidency. “He argued that Trump, as a former president, had the right to force the FBI to do whatever he wanted. So, we’re talking about a man who is completely on board with Donald Trump in using the federal government, especially the Department of Justice, to carry out his political vendetta,” which he finds quite troubling.

Hillsborough County (Florida) Sheriff Appointment Chad Chronister As Administrator of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), replacing Anne Milgram, he emphasized that Trump defines him as a man “who dedicated himself to the fight against drug trafficking and punished drug traffickers with a strong hand.”

“And that I will have the opportunity Reform the DEA to do what is necessary to combat drug trafficking with all our might. And stop Americans from continuing to die from overdosing on synthetic drugs made with fentanyl.”

“These nominations that Trump puts forward do not indicate an analysis of the situation within the United States. In the case of the DEA, use a strong hand to combat drug trafficking. What about public and health education for those who use drugs? They don’t say, let’s tackle the drug problem in America. “This is the heavy hand of Donald Trump,” he emphasized.

In this sense, he believes that such a vision of a strong hand in the fight against drug trafficking does not take into account the demands of the Americans This will undoubtedly have an impact on bilateral relations with Mexico.

Hunter Biden Pardon: ‘You Should Never Trust Politicians’

The journalist recalled that Biden promised not to interfere in his son’s case and allow justice to apply whatever punishment he receives, so he believed that “You should never trust politicians,” be they Democrats or Republicans.

“Republicans point out that this demonstrates the hypocrisy of the Democratic Party and, above all, a president who will go down in history as a man who broke his word and this also led the US to a crisis that allowed the return of Donald Trump, who they claim will restore the principles of justice in the US,” he said.

In this sense, he noted that the Democrats They expect a strategy of “political revenge” by the future Trump administration.

However, beyond party lines, Esquivel noted that “justice is not what they say” and mentioned the pardons Donald Trump issued as president, which He forgave Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort or his father-in-law Charles Kushner, whom he now appointed as his country’s ambassador to France.

“Judicial experts and analysts say what Biden did to his son Hunter makes it clear that the United States court system is in the service of those who have executive power. And that’s exactly what Donald Trump wants to do,” he said.

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