Mexico to bestow top honor on Trump
son-in-law, sparking Twitter outcry
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[November 28, 2018]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's
outgoing government said on Tuesday it would bestow the country's top
honor for foreigners on Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's
son-in-law, a decision quickly met with derision by critics on social
media.
Kushner, who also serves as a senior White House adviser, will be
admitted to the Order of the Aztec Eagle because of "his significant
contributions" to a new North American trade pact agreed to in August,
the government said in a statement.
Kushner has often played a key diplomatic role in Trump's
administration, meeting with Mexican and other foreign leaders and
helping broker the deal to update the 24-year-old North American Free
Trade Agreement. Canada joined the pact in late September.
The award is expected to be formally presented to Kushner on Thursday by
outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto on the sidelines of the G-20
summit of world leaders in Buenos Aires, Mexican newspaper Reforma
reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified government sources.
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The summit is also where the leaders of Mexico, the United States and
Canada are expected to sign the revamped regional trade deal.
The honor bestowed on Kushner was a trending topic on Twitter, where it
appeared to be mostly criticized by prominent Mexicans.
"Giving him the Aztec Eagle reflects a supreme attitude of humiliation
and cowardice," Mexican historian Enrique Krauze wrote in one post,
noting that Trump called Mexican migrants murderers and rapists during
his 2016 presidential campaign.
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White House senior advisor Jared Kushner listens to U.S. President
Donald Trump speak about the "First Step Act" in the Roosevelt Room
at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 14, 2018.
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Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal wrote that the decision to honor
Kushner was "tremendously shameful."
Past Order of the Aztec Eagle honorees include Colombian Nobel
literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez and former South African
President Nelson Mandela.
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will be
inaugurated on Saturday after winning a landslide election victory
in July. Kushner's wife, Ivanka Trump, is expected to attend the
swearing-in along with other U.S. officials, including Vice
President Mike Pence.
(Reporting by David Alire Garcia; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall and
Peter Cooney)
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