On Monday, Sept. 11, the Mexican Government had no choice but to rescind the help it offered Texas — and Trump still can’t be bothered to even tweet about it.
President Donald Trump continues to tear apart the once close relationship between the United States and Mexico.
While Trump continues to stubbornly cling to his idea of building a senseless wall he can’t pay for and continues to run his mouth only to talk shit about Mexico, the Mexican government did its best to ignore it and offered help during U.S., especially during Texas’s, time of need until it had no choice but to take it back.
On Thursday, Sept. 7, Mexico’s states of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco were torn through by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake, killing 95, injuring hundreds and causing millions of dollars worth of damage.
Then on Saturday morning, the state of Veracruz was hit by Hurricane Katia.
After these natural disasters and after noting that Texas’s condition was improving, the Mexican government publicly stated on Monday Sept. 11 that it were no longer be able to provide the aid it had offered Texas right after Hurricane Harvey struck.
The Mexican media noted that Trump didn’t comment on the quake at all while other world leaders (including the pope and Texas Governor Greg Abbott) gave their support.
Trump didn’t even publicly acknowledge that Mexico had even offered to help out with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
Time and time again, Trump has shown that he’s certainly quick to tweet comments that would offend Mexico (such as the ones quoted in a previous Talon Marks article).
He’s quick to repeal DACA and endanger the lives of many Mexican immigrants who were being protected by it (a topic Talon Marks has also covered in another article).
He’s so eager to build up a wall (figuratively and literally), to divide two countries that have been trading partners for centuries.
It doesn’t matter that this asinine wall was something he promised during his presidential campaign.
No one wants to pay for something so unless. If he wants to drain the United States of America of valuable funding or try to start a war to force Mexico to pay for it, then it’s never going to be built.
Trump doesn’t need to continue his personal crusade against the U.S.’ closest neighbor, especially after he’s screwed over and continues to screw over countless people throughout his presidency.
If Trump stops with his viral attacks against Mexico and stops snubbing its government — it’s not going to risk any future campaign for reelection he may (there’s very slim hope he doesn’t) have in mind.
It won’t put his current standing as “President of the United States” at risk either.
Trump himself has been the only one to put this theoretical future campaign and his current position at risk through his actions as president right now.
Mexico didn’t ask for aid– all he had to do was do his favorite thing in the world and tweet some words of solidarity, but he can’t even get that simple job right.
As much as it sucks to have him as president: Trump should know that his job is to actually strengthen the U.S., gain allies and support, not weaken it and make enemies or lose allies every time he has a Twitter fit.
