Dear Foreign Minister Claudia S. Ruiz Massieu

The Hon. Claudia S. Ruiz Massieu

CHANCELLOR OF MEXICO:

“I have my doctorate in megalomania from Trump University.”

-Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota)

I read with the greatest possible care his interview yesterday with El Universal, and believe me, I felt a strong concern for you if Donald Trump is elected U.S. president. I cite the three paragraphs that cause this concern:

“… The Republican candidate has shown throughout these months very little knowledge, frankly ignorance of what we are, from the bilateral relationship to the contributions of Mexicans to the United States.”

“This relationship is so important, so strategic for both countries and built from multiple actors and dimensions, that it is a relationship that is not put at risk by a single episode or a juncture; it transcends the election.

“As to Trump, it is clear that many of his positions not only offend us, but represent a threat to the vision we have of the bilateral relationship and to the North American region. So it is, if anything, more important that he and his team understand what this relationship means, what it provides, and what it entails for the future of the three countries that integrate the North American region, but also for bilateral relations….”

I absolutely agree with every word contained in these paragraphs of his interview yesterday, esteemed Secretary Ruiz Massieu, and I might add that besides being ignorant and a megalomaniac, as he was described by Senator Al Franken in his speech at the last Democratic National Convention, I think Trump is the most ignorant presidential candidate to compete in American history. But the problem is that he is also is a very intelligent, bold, cynical and super mendacious guy who is considered great from what I hear, no matter who or what he has trampled on, and he has been talking to the 30 percent of the U.S. population who doesn’t read, you see, Madam Secretary; they form part of the group of Americans who are angry at the political, economic and social system of their country. Despite being very, very democratic, according to tradition, they don’t consider themselves part of that model because they don’t feel treated fairly by it. Given the surprising case of a privileged individual of that system, a member of the select club of super-rich of the country, which is to say the world, appointing himself their representative and defender, they believe they can make him president.

You believe that our two countries are in a relationship that, I quote, “is not put at risk by a single episode, a juncture; it transcends the election.” The problem is that Trump conceives himself as a superior being, above everything; and so he does not tolerate your disparaging remarks. And if he becomes president, he will have access to an incredible number of means, without violating any law or appearing in any political column, to get you to be sent to the Mexican Embassy in Haiti, or if not there, then to the meanest, dangerous and most forgotten African country with which Mexico has diplomatic relations.

In no way do I want to see her involved in a conflict like the above.