Mexico Offers Aid to Texas in Hurricane Harvey’s Aftermath

Mexican officials claim they are ready to provide help as Texas deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The offer comes as the two countries appear to be at odds over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Over the weekend, Texas received catastrophic winds and torrential rains from Hurricane Harvey. The hurricane caused widespread flooding in Houston and wind damage throughout various coastal cities, Breitbart Texas reported. 

Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald J. Trump took to twitter to criticize the negotiation process.

We are in the NAFTA (worst trade deal ever made) renegotiation process with Mexico & Canada.Both being very difficult,may have to terminate?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2017

President Trump also called out Mexico for the country’s cartel violence and claimed that the government will eventually pay for the promised border wall. Mexico fired back at the U.S. President’s tweets with a strongly worded response where they claimed that NAFTA would not be negotiated over social media,  Breitbart Texas reported.

Just hours after Trump’s tweets, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Minister Luis Videgaray took to Twitter, claiming that he had been on the phone with Texas Governor Greg Abbott to offer help in the storm recovery process.

I just spoke to Gov. @GregAbbott_TX. We will provide all the help we can. Our full solidarity with the people of Texas. #HurricaneHarvey

— Luis Videgaray Caso (@LVidegaray) August 28, 2017

In 2005, the Mexican government sent convoys of troops and emergency supplies to Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, CBS reported at the time.

Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded the Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and Stephen K. Bannon.  You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook.

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