President Donald Trump promoted a new book on his social media accounts that warns of an “invisible coup” against the United States orchestrated by the Mexican government and Morena party, which are “weaponizing mass migration to influence elections and undermine national security.”
Trump says a multitude of things every day on his social media, and so far he hasn’t repeated his invitation to his millions of followers to buy the book The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon, by Peter Schweizer. However, his endorsement has already helped it reach number 8 on Amazon’s list of best-selling non-fiction books.
The book by the right-wing president, a partner of former political strategist and influential commentator in conservative circles Stephen Bannon—in fact, he appeared yesterday on Bannon’s show War Room, which has over a million viewers—could fuel the anti-immigrant narrative, particularly against Mexicans and the Mexican government.
Schweizer, whose previous book about Hillary Clinton reached the New York Times bestseller list, is promoting his work on conservative national media programs where he reiterates his conspiracy theory that the Mexican government and elites in the United States are using immigrants in this country as a secret weapon to change demographics and thereby transform American society and politics.
“Mexico has 53 consulates in the United States, while the United Kingdom and China have six and seven, respectively. As I argue in the book, consular officials are busy supporting political activities (in the U.S.), trying to influence presidential elections,” Schweizer commented on CBS News’ Takeout interview program with Major Garrett. “I think it’s inappropriate for the Mexican government and its diplomats to be involved in this type of political activity within the United States.”
In his book, the author suggests that Mexican politicians openly talk about “reconquering” the United States. As an example, he writes that “in February 2023, José Gerardo Rodolfo Fernández Noroña, a member of the Mexican Congress from the ruling Morena party of President Claudia Sheinbaum, calmly stated on the floor of the Congress of the Union that California, Texas, and New Mexico were, among other areas, ‘occupied territories.’” He adds that Noroña later stated that Mexico “should evaluate this dispossession and once again demand the recovery of these territories” from the United States. “These outlandish statements certainly did not harm his career. In fact, they helped it. A year and a half later, he was elected president of the Mexican Senate.”
Schweitzer acknowledges that many in the Mexican political elite use this type of rhetoric and are probably not calling for the return of those territories, but rather “the cultural and political detachment of the American Southwest from the United States and its transformation to resemble Mexican civilization.” In his arguments, he cites statements by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the immigrant congressman Aniceto Polanco, and “Morena Party activists living in the United States,” though he also includes older statements by Ernesto Zedillo, all of whom, he alleges, have expressed how Mexican immigrants can and should bring about change in the United States.
Schweizer argues that former President López Obrador visited U.S. cities in February 2017 to rally Mexican immigrants to oppose the anti-immigrant policies promoted by Trump, claiming that these policies had a negative impact on the profits of cartels that, in turn, supported López Obrador.
Regarding Sheinbaum, the author points out that she has supported the song “The Migrant Anthem,” and even played it at a press conference. “And although my birth certificate says American, I am pure Mexican,” the song says, according to Schweizer. “We changed locations but not flags/I have green, white, and red in my veins.”
“Mexico is using ‘migration as a weapon’ to undermine U.S. sovereignty,” Fox News reported in its review of the book. “These consular officials have been busy organizing political activity in the United States, which is a clear violation of their diplomatic credentials,” Schweizer told the conservative national news network. He added that the consulates distribute Mexican textbooks to U.S. schools with a large Latino population, where the United States is portrayed as Mexico’s “enemy.” “The question is: why are we tolerating this? I think it’s time to say ‘enough is enough.’” He added, “We need a zero-tolerance policy. We are preparing for the midterm elections, and based on history, this should not be tolerated.”
Schweizer, a right-wing activist, makes it clear that his main concern is that Mexican officials and politicians are supporting Democrats and other opponents of Trump.
Source: jornada
