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Trump forgoes insults of past, calls Mexico cherished friend

by Associated Press
| July 9, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, who has denigrated Mexican migrants and threatened the U.S. ally with crippling tariffs, welcomed President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the White House on Wednesday, called him a cherished partner and claimed the countries' economic and security ties were reaching new heights.

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