Departing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered his clearest explanation yet for his refusal to clash with the drug cartels that control large swaths of his country.
The comments, made at a daily news briefing on Friday and echoed on Sunday in an interview with “60 Minutes,” came after years of various justifications for his “hugs, not bullets” policy of avoiding conflict with the notorious gangs. López Obrador, also known by his initials AMLO, has previously defended his position by declaring “you cannot fight violence with violence” and arguing that the government has to understand the root causes of violent crime to prevent it.
He is now redefining his strategy for reducing crime in patriotic terms. Calling it a part of his “Mexico First” policy. “We are not going to act as policemen for any foreign government,” AMLO told reporters. “Our home comes first.”
During his “60 Minutes” interview, AMLO argued that the epidemic of drug overdoses and deaths in the United States was not a problem for his country.
He also had a list of demands to help curb the flow of illegal immigration, as reported by National Review:
Obrador’s list of essentials, before he’d consider lifting a finger to control migration, include: the United States’ committing $20 billion to Latin America (graft), lifting sanctions on Venezuela (enabling a leftist dictator), ending the Cuban embargo (propping up another leftist dictatorship), and legalizing Mexicans living in the U.S. Insane.
In case it wasn’t already obvious, this Mexican government is not a friend of the United States, and the Biden administration — after looking at some maps — should consider directing the U.S. Army and the Air Force to level Mexico and install Ted Cruz as governor of our newest state.
In all seriousness, the United States could use Mexico as a preferable manufacturing-base alternative to China. To do so, we need to deal with that country’s current two-bit cartel president from time to time. What we needn’t do is let him think his opinion on anything else matters. The border is ours. It’s the president’s duty to maintain territorial sovereignty. If Biden can’t do the job, he should look for another one, and it’s a shame that Congress won’t hold him responsible before November.
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