An Unusual Pair, Trump and Lopez Obrador Reboot U.S.-Mexico Relations
- Mexican president hails Trump for his ‘kindness and respect’
- Trump at dinner joked about avoiding border wall reference
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s first visit to the White House sealed an unlikely partnership with Donald Trump to launch a new phase in the relations between the neighbors amid criticism in the Latin American country.
In a speech that combined historic references with calls to deepen North American trade integration, Lopez Obrador effectively endorsed Trump’s treatment of Mexico. The U.S. president remains highly unpopular south of the border after having called the nation’s people criminals and rapists during the 2016 campaign and vowing to build a wall between the countries.