Trump Unhinged: Goes After Mexico at UN – Soberanía 125

ByMexico Solidarity

In episode 125 of Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth open with Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly, where he called Mexico “the epicenter of cartel violence,” threatened to “annihilate” Iran, and declared Cuba a failed state. They highlight President Sheinbaum’s sharp response: “It’s also difficult to live next to a country with high drug consumption and arms production.” They also discuss the Special Rapporteur’s report condemning the U.S. boat bombings as extrajudicial executions, and the growing push to invoke the Rio Treaty to militarize the hemisphere through the so-called “Shield of the Americas.”

Next, they examine the controversy over Morena’s candidate selection process for the 2027 gubernatorial elections. With no primaries, the party uses opinion polling — which inherently favors those with high name recognition and disadvantages emerging candidates. The result: several candidates with ties to the old PRI, PRD, or PAN, raising questions about their commitment to the Fourth Transformation. The hosts debate the challenges of every option — primaries are costly and traumatized by the PRD experience, assemblies can be stacked with “acarreados,” and polls reward incumbents — concluding that while it’s a difficult dilemma, Morena’s new leadership under Adriana Montiel faces a credibility test.

The episode also covers the U.S. Embassy’s disastrous attempt to attack China on Mexico’s Independence Day, tweeting that Mexican patriotic symbols are “made in China.” China’s response was sharp and dignified: “A nation’s Independence Day belongs to its people.” A poll showed 58% of Mexicans see the U.S. as a threat, compared to 27% who see China as one.

Losers and Haters takes aim at historian Enrique Krauze, who shared a video of Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco at an LGBTQ+ event at the UN and called it “the lowest point in Mexican diplomacy in 200 years” — a comment the hosts condemn as homophobic and historically illiterate, noting far worse examples from Mexico’s diplomatic past.