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Deciding the decision to postpone some rates for Mexico for another month, US President Donald Trump was sad to praise his Mexican counterpart Claudia Shainbaum.

“I did this as an accommodation and respect for President Shainbaum,” he wrote on his social media site, The Truth Social. “Our relationship was very good and we work hard, together, on the border.”

The comments were in complete contrast to the type of language he used for the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, whom he continues to call “Governor Trudeau” as he calls Canada Canada “51st country”S

Word of Word – if it is not yet trade – continues between Canada and Trump’s administration with Prime Minister Trudeau, calling the whole Tariff policy “dumb” and secretary of the US Department of Finance, Scott Bensten, calling it in return “Numbskull”.

The difference in the tone between the US neighbor to the north and that of the south can hardly be more proficient.

Some, especially in Claudia Shainbaum’s camp, are considered as evidence of his skill as an unpredictable white home leader, which made several bold statements of intention, just to be canceled or watered.

Certainly, President Shainbaum has only conveyed a message from the beginning: Mexicans have to “stay calm” over Trump, she said, insisting that “the cool heads will prevail.”

In this sense, this is so good for the Mexican leader so far.

Twice, now, after two months, she has been able to abandon the imposition of 25% rates on Mexican goods through a phone call at the last moment to President Trump, although he said there was no “place” for negotiations.

Trump really appreciates her tone, clarity and overall behavior in their interactions.

She declined to accept publicly that Mexico did not do enough on any of the main border issues that Trump requires action from his neighbors: fentanyl traffic and undocumented immigration to the north.

It began on Thursday a briefing of the morning press, citing new figures from the US Customs and Border Protection Agency, which shows fentanyl seizures, have dropped to 263 pounds, their lowest levels in 3 years. It represents a 75% decrease in the last six months of its Presidency.

When Tariffs were avoided in February, Shainbaum agreed to implement 10,000 soldiers in the US -Mexico border.

Her administration is also extradited (although they prefer the word “expelled”) 29 Cartel figures To the United States to face a lawsuit on accusations of murder to money laundering, including the High Lord of Drugs, Rafael Caro Quintero, who has been wanted by US authorities since the mid-1980s.

They may have been the measures that Trump has in mind when he said the two countries are working hard together “with regard to the security of the border.

In addition, she often threw the ball back into the direction of the US President.

Where come the weapons from which the cartels come from, it asks rhetorically, opening the United States to do more to limit the flow of weapons to the south and cope with its demand for illegal drugs. Medicines may come from Latin America, she said, but the market for their consumption is extremely much in the United States.

Even when the Trump administration recently identified six Mexican cartels as “foreign terrorist organizations”, it seems to strengthen her hand.

This is because its administration is currently involved in a legal battle with US weapons manufacturers for negligence. If US weapons have allowed their products to reach terrorists, not ordinary criminals, Mexico can expand its case, she said to include a new accusation of “complicity” with terrorist groups.

And although President Shainbaum enjoys a strong start to his presidency – both internally and in the eyes of the world – for her handling of Trump, it is worth emphasizing that these are early days in their bilateral relations.

“I think she played the hand she did quite well,” said Mexican economist, Valeria. “I’m not sure it’s time to celebrate.

The key to Sheinbaum’s success seemed to have refused to give way to unjustified demands or questions of real importance, in the same way does not appear subordinate or agree with the request of the White House.

It’s not an easy path to tap.

On some issues – the Gulf of Mexican was renamed Trump as Gulf of the US GulfFor example, she can afford to stay over the battle, knowing that most people around the world are unlikely to perceive his preferred terminology.

On others, especially tariffs, bets are significantly higher; There is a danger that constant back and instability on the issue can push the Mexican economy into a recession.

Mexican peso weakens again during this last episode, and although Shainbaum claims that the country’s economy is strong, the markets would obviously prefer a more reliable and solid connection with the United States. Mexico remains the largest US trading partner after all.

When I talked to President Shainbaum along the campaign path last year, shortly before making a story, becoming the first president of Mexico, she said there would be no problem working with Trump’s second presidency and that she would always “protect” what is suitable for Mexicans – including the millions who reside in the United States.

“We should always defend our country and sovereignty,” she told me.

With so much blown between these three neighbors in recent days, it is easy to forget that Trump’s presidency is still only six weeks.

The new relationship with the White House has a long way, with USMCA commercial agreement being renegotiated next year. But for sure, against the backdrop of the whole political theater, Claudia Shainbaum will be more pleased than Justin Trudeau with how he started.