Thread: Top US officials to meet Mexico president-elect in modest house

Top US officials to meet Mexico president-elect in modest house

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AFP10 Jul 20181Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday he will meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other top US officials this week in his offices, located in a modest house with little security.


The anti-establishment leftist, who won a landslide election victory on July 1, said he would meet in his transition team’s headquarters on Friday with Pompeo, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and top presidential adviser Jared Kushner during their visit to Mexico.


“We thank President Donald Trump for his respectful attitude and interest in achieving an understanding between the peoples and governments of Mexico and the United States,” Lopez Obrador told a press conference in the front courtyard of the large, aging Mexico City house where he has his offices.


The politician known as “AMLO,” who takes office on December 1, acknowledged the house was an unusual venue to welcome high-level dignitaries.


“My office is right here behind us. It’s not very big because the next government doesn’t want ostentatious offices. We’re going to put an end to the paraphernalia of power. It’s going to be a simple government,” said Lopez Obrador, who has also vowed not to use the presidential residence or jet and wants to halve his own salary.


Lopez Obrador’s pick for foreign minister, former Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard, said the transition team would be responsible for security inside the house during the meeting.


They are in talks with the Mexican and US security services on the broader security preparations, he added.


Lopez Obrador has raised eyebrows for foregoing bodyguards. He uses minimal security at his offices in the capital’s trendy Roma neighborhood, and admirers have routinely approached him to offer hugs and congratulations or ask for his help.


Lopez Obrador said his future finance, economy and security ministers would also attend the meeting, as well as his choice to lead the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).


Pompeo will also meet separately with outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto during the one-day visit.


US-Mexican relations have been strained by Trump’s anti-trade, anti-immigration policies.


But despite their ideological differences, Lopez Obrador and Trump have both appeared keen to start their relationship off on the right foot.


The Republican president said they had a “great” first phone call after the election, and the president-elect — who promised on the campaign trail to “put (Trump) in his place” — has repeatedly said the tone has been “respectful.”

https://www.breitbart.com/news/top-u...-modest-house/

Mexico's Obrador to Turn Mnuchin Meeting Into Anti-Poverty Push


Mexico’s president-elect said he’ll use his meeting this week with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other U.S. officials to push his plan for regional anti-poverty programs, putting his stamp on relations with his northern neighbor.




Elected only last week, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said his scheduled meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday in Mexico City will include Mnuchin, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.


The leftist, known as AMLO, won Mexico’s July 1 election by a landslide as voters registered their disgust with rising corruption, crime and poverty. While he said Nafta would also be discussed Friday, he stressed the importance of shifting the focus toward improving the well-being of Mexicans and Central Americans as a deterrent to immigration and crime, signaling a meeting that could define his administration’s relationship with the U.S.



"The best way to face the immigration phenomenon and security problems, the best way to resolve both of these issues, is to promote development in Mexico," Lopez Obrador said at a news conference in Mexico City. Mnuchin’s attendance "indicates that he approves of the proposal to base our relationship on development cooperation."


Lopez Obrador doesn’t take office until Dec. 1 but has made clear that he’d be an active participant in the five-month transition. At the news conference he told reporters he’d call on the U.S. to continue Nafta and that his team would be available to advise outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto on those trade talks, but would be respectful of the current administration.

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I hope he does well for the Mexican people just no longer at the expense of the United States.

NO MONEY

NO AID

NO OATMEAL

WE HAVE GIVEN THESE CORRUPT PARASITES BILLIONS

SEND ALL THEIR PEOPLE BACK!

INVEST IN BIRTH CONTROL FOR YOUR ANTI-POVERTY SOLUTIONS!

Originally Posted by stoptheinvaders

"The best way to face the immigration phenomenon and security problems, the best way to resolve both of these issues, is to promote development in Mexico," Mnuchin’s attendance "indicates that he approves of the proposal to base our relationship on development cooperation."

Promote development in Mexico? development of what? drugs?

The US allows 27 Billion to be sent in remittances. the US gives 320 Million in aid, the US has allowed millions to come illegally, the US keeps many thousands of your criminals in jails and bares the expense of that----How much more are you asking the US to do?

and

Mnuchin indicates he approves of this. Of course Neilsen nods her head in approval, and Kushner is happy, sure he is thinking of Ivanka back home jumping for joy.

He seems to be speaking a different tune in regards to us now that he has been elected.

I don't think Obrador fully grasps the extent to which Americans are fed up with their crap. But he will find out on Friday.

Originally Posted by Judy

I don't think Obrador fully grasps the extent to which Americans are fed up with their crap. But he will find out on Friday.

Friday has come and gone, do you still think he found out?

It sounds like our side got another lecture from Mexico about "a permanent alternative that prioritizes the well-being and rights of minors." In other words Mexico tells the delegation of 4 to take good care of all the invaders we send you.

ANTI-POVERY...GET ON BIRTH CONTROL

WE ARE NOT YOUR PIGGY BANK FOR YOU TO BREED IN THE DIRT!

DISGUSTING!

Originally Posted by stoptheinvaders

Friday has come and gone, do you still think he found out?

It sounds like our side got another lecture from Mexico about "a permanent alternative that prioritizes the well-being and rights of minors." In other words Mexico tells the delegation of 4 to take good care of all the invaders we send you.

That statement was from the existing President of Mexico, Pieto, not the new one.