The US president’s celebration of the 1847 conquest draws fury from Mexican leaders over ‘imperialist tone’
A message from Donald Trump celebrating the 19th-century US invasion of its southern neighbour – and the subsequent loss of more than half its territory – has touched a historical nerve in Mexico, with some seeing it as a veiled threat for future incursions.
Reacting to the US president’s statement, which described the invasion as “a legendary victory”, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said during her morning news conference on Tuesday: “We must always defend our sovereignty.”
Others were less subtle in their criticism. “Never, in the recent annals of Mexico-US relations had we seen anything like this,” wrote the former Mexican ambassador to the US Arturo Sarukhan, on X. “This is not only spiking the ball in the end zone; it’s an in your face F… You.”
Following the capture of Mexico City by US troops in 1847, Mexico gave away 55% of its pre-war territory, including the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, much of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
As a European I must admit that I wasn’t aware of that.
Neither are most Americans so you’re fine.
Please take your land back, I’ll sell it to you for the same price the us originally paid.
I would love to be able to move to Mexico and have a great life and a good job, especially if they took pretty much all of the southwest US.
These kinds of comments are how I know lemmy users know nothing about my country but must support the populist goverment masking as a leftist.
