Trump apparently had an unhinged press conference yesterday, as a narcissistic sociopath does after they’ve had a major insult to their ego (the giveaway Iran MOU). And, true to form, he decided that he was going to try to bully someone else:
Yeah, you can see the scared the 70% approval rating Presidenta below, doing what she usually does, meeting the people:
If you’ve listened to our recent podcasts about Mexico, you know that part of the reason that Trump and little Marco are going to pick on Mexico is because they got caught sending CIA agents to Chihuahua. That issue blew up in Mexico a couple of weeks ago, but Mexico is now immersed in the World Cup after their team won the first match of the Cup in Mexico City. Their team will play again in Guadalajara today. Even here in Denver, the Mexicans are excited: the other day I saw a dad with his two boys, each of whom were wearing team Mexico soccer jerseys.
Anyway, Mexicans aren’t as fixated on Mexico as MAGA is on them, so here’s what’s going on in Mexico:
The most radical teachers’ union in Mexico, CNTE, has decided to make a stink in Mexico City around the time of the World Cup. Teachers in Mexico have a serious beef with the government, since the previous neoliberal governments privatized their pensions, and now it will be a huge burden on the Mexican government to fund them at the rate they should be funded.
Claudia is walking the line between the desire of Mexicans to help Cubans and little Marco’s obsession with Cuba. Mexico, which has a lot of oil, had been sending it to Cuba. When this became a hot button for MAGA, she stopped those shipments, but she continued shipments of humanitarian goods.
Trump’s assertions notwithstanding, Mexico continues on a path of reducing violence, with homicides down 46% since September, 2026.
Claudia, like most good politicians, is pretty predicable. Her response to Trump’s statement will be calm, measured and it will, above all, mention Mexican sovereignty. I’m guessing Trump’s next move will be to invade Cuba, because there’s no win in fucking with Mexico.
When I say Mexico is concentrating on the World Cup, I mean that they have 100,000 security personnel assigned to it, including 1,000 in Tijuana who are guarding the Iranian team, who are training there because the US won’t let them sleep on our soil.
Since Claudia and the woman to her right, Mexico City Head of Government Clara Brugada, gave their World Cup tickets away, they attended a watch party. If I knew Mexican politics better, I’d know the guy to her left.
