MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she expected “good” relations marked by “dialogue” with United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump when he returns to the White House in a week.
In a speech to mark her first 100 days in office, Mexico’s first female president stressed that her country, which is in Trump’s sights over illegal migration and drug trafficking, was “free, independent and sovereign”.
“We coordinate, we collaborate, but we never subordinate ourselves” to other powers, the 62-year-old leftist president told thousands of supporters at a rally in Mexico City.
Sheinbaum’s early days in office have been dominated by a war of words with Trump.
On Sunday, however, she said she was “convinced” their relations would be “good, respectful and that dialogue will prevail”.
Sheinbaum’s mix of firmness and diplomacy in the face of the Republican’s attacks have boosted her popularity.
An Enkoll opinion poll showed a staggering 80 per cent of Mexicans approving of her performance so far, higher than her popular predecessor and mentor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
