MEXICO CITY: Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador accused Washington on Wednesday of employing “interventionist and unscrupulous practices” to bolster Mexico’s right-wing opposition and weaken his leftist political movement.
The remarks come amid escalating tension between the United States and Mexico, now led by President Claudia Sheinbaum, whom Lopez Obrador also praised as the “best president Mexico has had in our time.”
One of Mexico’s most popular political figures, López Obrador has largely stayed out of the spotlight since leaving office in 2024, but that changed with his forceful rebuke of US President Donald Trump posted on X on Wednesday.
Trump had changed since his first term, López Obrador said in his five-page letter, describing the president then as cooperative, pragmatic and open to dialogue.
“Speaking from what I personally experienced and can prove, the Trump of today is different from the one I dealt with,” he wrote.
