Mexico Is Acting Like an Adversary to the U.S.

Originally published by the Wall Street Journal

Nearly all political sentiment for the past decade has been mediated through the lens of prior reaction to Donald Trump. Those who like the American president, or at least aren’t fixated on him, tend to give his actions in government a fair assessment. So, in the case of the American raid on Caracas to arrest Nicolás Maduro, we see the British Tories, the Chilean president-elect and the recently reformed Washington Post editorial board giving a qualified approval. Emphatically disapproving are Democrats, a variety of European political figures and the New York Times.

Then there is the Mexican government of the Morena party, which under the presidency of Claudia Sheinbaum has sought good relations with Mr. Trump. It is issuing strident denunciations of Mr. Trump’s actions. This reveals a fundamental truth about Morena: It is a friend to the Western Hemisphere’s autocracies and a false friend of liberal democracies, including the U.S.

The morning after the American raid, as Venezuelans at home and in exile celebrated, Ms. Sheinbaum issued a statement: “The Government of Mexico energetically condemns and rejects the military actions unilaterally executed by the Armed Forces of the United States of America.”

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