MEXICO CITY — Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has published an extraordinary political letter defending President Claudia Sheinbaum, criticizing what he described as interventionist actions by some U.S. officials and offering an unexpected assessment of President Donald Trump: that the current occupant of the White House is not the same leader he worked with during Trump's first term.
The five-page document, dated June 3 and signed from López Obrador's ranch in Palenque, Chiapas, comes as relations between Washington and Mexico face renewed strains over immigration, cartel violence, tariffs, and recent U.S. investigations involving Mexican political figures.
