About this episode
Arturo Sarukhan discusses the strained U.S.-Mexico relationship under President Trump's threats to attack drug cartels in Mexico.
President Trump’s threats to attack drug cartels inside Mexico have put the bilateral relationship on edge. Arturo Sarukhan served as Mexican Ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2013, and he joins guest host John McCay to discuss why he believes the U.S.-Mexico relationship hasn’t been this fractured since the 1980s, how the previous Mexican president known as AMLO played into this, and how nations across the world are watching and reacting to this new rhetoric. His article “ Can Mexico Avoid a Confrontation With the United States? ” was published in Foreign Affairs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
People in this episode
Host: John McCay
Guest: Arturo Sarukhan
Topics covered
- U.S.-Mexico relations
- Trump administration
- drug cartels
- international diplomacy
- political rhetoric
Keywords
- Trump
- Mexico
- drug cartels
- bilateral relationship
- Arturo Sarukhan
- AMLO
- Foreign Affairs
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Foreign Affairs
Places: Mexico, United States, AMLO
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