A diminished leadership of the U.S. in the region could be exploited by Beijing, which is seeking to strengthen diplomatic ties with new partners in the Americas to consolidate its geopolitical position.
Over the past few years, the last two Mexican presidents have elevated immigrants to hero status, likening them to the anti-imperialist fighters or guerrillas of decades past.
Trump’s understanding of politics is very basic and intuitive. He has no deeper theoretical foundations for his fascist tendencies beyond superficial support for ideas that are already popular among his far-right base.
