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struggle4progress

(118,034 posts)
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:28 AM Jan 2018

'Stunning reversal' in Mexican attitudes toward US

By Philip Athey | Cronkite News
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018

WASHINGTON – ... One study by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs said Mexican opinions of the U.S. had completely flipped, from 66 percent who felt favorably of the U.S. in 2015 to 65 percent who have an unfavorable view today.

A Wilson Institute study from November echoed those findings, showing a marked spike in Mexican contempt and distrust for the U.S. in 2017 – a sharp reversal after several years of improvement in those categories.

Experts who released the studies laid blame for the shift squarely on Trump’s campaign and subsequent administration, with their frequent criticisms of Mexico ...

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2018/01/18/polls-show-stunning-reversal-recent-mexican-attitudes-toward-u-s/

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'Stunning reversal' in Mexican attitudes toward US (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2018 OP
I was there over the holidays.... dhill926 Jan 2018 #1
No surprise . To be expected when not respected . Big sales on trump, Pepe frog, and wall pinatas lunasun Jan 2018 #2
Something about calling a country a land of rapists, as I recall DFW Jan 2018 #3

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. No surprise . To be expected when not respected . Big sales on trump, Pepe frog, and wall pinatas
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:59 AM
Jan 2018

but they aren't to hurt real humans just cardboard and candy unlike a lot the fascists in US now who are prone to real violence.

DFW

(54,050 posts)
3. Something about calling a country a land of rapists, as I recall
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 03:13 AM
Jan 2018

Last I heard, it wasn't the best line to make the people of that country think highly of us.

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