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Before Trump - the perfect fascist, Mexicans really liked the US

Trump's antagonistic rhetoric toward Mexico has caused an increase in anti-American sentiment

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A mariachi band performs during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, in Monterrey, Mexico. Photo: Reuters

Jesus Velasco | The Conversation
Donald Trump’s antagonistic rhetoric toward Mexico has caused an increase in anti-American sentiment among Mexicans.
Today, many in Mexico reject Trump’s policies and fear his administration, citing it as fascist, authoritarian, populist, dictatorial, xenophobic, misogynist or simply an aberration.
It wasn’t always this way. Since the mid-1980s, Mexican politicians, intellectuals, journalists and business professionals promoted a positive view of the U.S. Pro-American sentiment was handed down through generations.
As a scholar of how other countries view the United States, I believe Mexican anti-Americanism is bad news for bilateral relations. Considering

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