Mexico gives Kushner its highest honour
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA— Mexico’s government on Friday gave U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, the highest honour the United States’ southern neighbour grants to foreigners: the Order of the Aztec Eagle
The move set off an uproar in Mexico, where many are angry over Trump’s insulting comments about Mexicans and his promises to build a border wall. Prominent Mexican historian Enrique Krauze called the decision an act of “supreme humiliation and cowardice.”
The award has been bestowed before on figures such as Nobel literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the late South African president Nelson Mandela.
Mexican officials said Kushner earned the award for his work on negotiating the new trade agreement signed Friday by Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. Kushner said U.S.-Mexico relations have improved because the countries decided to craft “win-win” solutions to migration, drug trafficking and other issues plaguing relations.
Trump has railed about factory jobs lost to Mexico and the U.S. trade deficit with its southern neighbour — two issues that soured relations with outgoing President Pena Enrique Nieto. On Friday, however, Trump lauded Pena Nieto as a “special man.”