The scenario has already been experienced by Mexico and the world, but it does not mean that a victory of Donald Trump will generate predictability in the day-to-day life of your Government.
Mexico arrives at the US elections immersed in dogmatic and non-state diplomacy; Do you have the tools to contain Trump if he wins this Tuesday?
Enrique Berruga, career diplomatUndersecretary of Foreign Affairs (2000-2003) and current director of The Aspen Institute Mexico, comments to The Economist that it does have them and places emphasis on the “interdependence that exists between both countries” because “it generates that they have a series of challenges with Mexico that they do not have with any country in the world.”
The Former ambassador to the United States, Martha Bárcenafocuses his response on what could be the result of the diplomacy that AMLO inherited from President Claudia Sheinbaum: “Mexico does have professional diplomatic elements, but they are not within the Government.”
When I mention Donald Trump’s love of wrestling, the former ambassador to Costa Rica, Berruga points out that “it is a good idea to play judo with USA and not karate” taking advantage of the fact that our neighboring country “has vulnerabilities with respect to Mexico, so that we are not defenseless in the face of the ability to have a very intelligent foreign policy.”
For her part, Ambassador Bárcena reveals that she does not like to link these issues with wrestling.
Due to the rarefied environment of the campaigns, it seems that what will happen on Tuesday will be a plebiscite: Yes or No to Donald Trump; It is he who has integrated a choreography of hate into the place he presents. However, Berruga and Bárcena They agree that it is not a plebiscite“because the competition is very close; The difference in this case is that the number of hinge states has multiplied and therefore the number of electoral college delegates has expanded among those in dispute; I do see a very close competition between the two,” says Enrique Berruga.
Would there be a risk for the United States in case Trump returns to the White House?
“We have already seen how he governs. He uses ultra-nationalist language and policy (American first) and that can lead to distortions in trade and international relations, and can put international stability and that of his own country at risk, generating greater polarization.” , comments Enrique Berruga.
