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Ted Cruz: “Mexico has a complicated situation because their economy is…”

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On the Road in Mexico Urging the Mexican Government to get Serious about Defeating Cartels plus D...

Published | Video Starts at 16:13

And that has elected quite a few politicians in Mexico saying we're gonna stand up to America. Sheinbaum is a protege of amlo. AMLO ran on a hard left, anti American agenda. Sheinbaum less so. But Mexico has a complicated situation because their economy is intertwined with the United States. We are by far their largest trading partner. And so there's a combination. Some of what they're doing when they're saying, no, we will not let the United States military … (16:13–16:20)

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Asserts that Mexico's economy is closely linked with the United States.

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