{"id":1551075,"date":"2022-07-12T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T20:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551075"},"modified":"2022-07-12T16:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T20:34:20","slug":"mexican-president-brags-about-letting-americans-cross-the-border-for-cheaper-gas-during-oval-office-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-president-brags-about-letting-americans-cross-the-border-for-cheaper-gas-during-oval-office-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican President Brags About Letting Americans Cross The Border For Cheaper Gas \u2014 During Oval Office Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmexican-president-brags-about-letting-americans-cross-the-border-for-cheaper-gas-during-oval-office-meeting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551075&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador jabbed at President Joe Biden during an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday, noting that American citizens had been crossing the southern border in order to buy gas at a cheaper price.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/mexicos-president-touts-biden-on-immigration-as-another-caravan-begins-trek-to-southern-border\/\">L\u00f3pez Obrador<\/a>, according to several sources, treated Biden to a lengthy speech when they met at the White House. He covered a range of topics, calling for more formal policies with regard to immigration and ribbing Biden over the high <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/the-view-hosts-lob-softballs-at-wh-press-secretary-ask-just-two-questions-about-inflation-and-gas-prices\/\">cost of gas<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtraordinary \u2014 AMLO has been speaking for 25 minutes in the Oval, offering Biden a lengthy soliloquy about the New Deal, gas prices, and opportunities for greater economic collaboration,\u201d Los Angeles Times White House reporter Eli Stokols tweeted. \u201cHe is still going \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most awkward part was when AMLO told Biden Mexico is letting Americans cross the border to buy gas because it\u2019s $1 cheaper per gallon. <\/p>\n<p>Biden, when he finally finished after 31 minutes, reminded him that the US economic growth is leading the world. <\/p>\n<p>And scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliStokols\/status\/1546891223562067973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost awkward part was when AMLO told Biden Mexico is letting Americans cross the border to buy gas because it\u2019s $1 cheaper pier gallon,\u201d he added. \u201cBiden, when he finally finished after 31 minutes, reminded him that the U.S. economic growth is leading the world. And scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s administration moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-06-14\/amlo-pumps-up-subsidies-to-keep-mexican-fuel-prices-stable#xj4y7vzkg\">subsidize gasoline<\/a>\u00a0several weeks ago in an effort to keep prices stable amid rampant inflation \u2014 and the resulting prices at the pump have been lower than those in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we\u2019re waiting for prices or gasoline to go down in the United States, we have decided that it was necessary for us to allow Americans who live close to the border \u2026 to go and get their gasoline on the Mexican side at lower prices,\u201d he told Biden.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00f3pez Obrador concluded his remarks with a call for better policies at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that Biden should move forward despite opposition from conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is indispensable for us to regularize and give certainty to migrants that for years have lived and worked in a very honest manner,\u201d he said, adding,\u00a0\u201cI know that your adversaries the conservatives are going to be screaming all over the place. Even to the heaven they\u2019re going to be yelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Relations between the U.S. and Mexico have been somewhat strained in recent weeks \u2014 L\u00f3pez Obrador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/06\/06\/mexican-president-summit-of-the-americas-00037378\">boycotted<\/a> last month\u2019s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles after the Biden Administration did not invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua to participate due to the authoritarian nature of their governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere cannot be a summit if all countries are not invited,\u201d L\u00f3pez Obrador said at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador jabbed at President Joe Biden during an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday, noting that American citizens had been crossing the southern border in order to buy gas at a cheaper price. 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