As president, he has launched aggressive plans to round up and deport millions of foreigners, including Mexicans, who live in the United States without legal authorization. Trump also has threatened to slap a 35% tax on goods, including cars, that are made in Mexico and sold in the United States. In Mexico, Trump’s antagonism, along with discontent with the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, is fanning flames of renewed nationalism and stoking the prospects of leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the next presidential elections. Champions of closer cooperation with the United States are on the defensive. This is not in the United States’ long-term interest.”

Source: Los Angeles Times February 22, 2017 11:01 UTC