Meet Mexico’s Fiery, Trump-Like Populist Who Looks Increasingly Likely To Win The Presidency In 2018

Last week brought fresh deterioration in diplomatic relations between the US and Mexico after Trump threatened to cancel a White House meeting with Mexican President Pena Nieto, saying if ‘Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting’. And while Pena Nieto tried to save face by officially cancelling the meeting over twitter, Mexicans are growing increasingly frustrated with a candidate that they see as too soft in combatting an aggressive Trump Presidency. All of which has caused Pena Nieto’s approval ratings to plunge to historic lows of just 12%.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Feb 3, 2017.