Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador on Wednesday criticized the historic charges against former President Donald Trump, suggesting the indictment is politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSupposedly legal issues should not be used for electoral purposes,\u201d L\u00f3pez Obrador told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday, according to the AFP and Associated Press news agencies.\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t agree with what they are doing to former President Trump,\u201d he also said. \u201cI do not know if crimes were committed, it\u2019s not my place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He described the charges against Trump as a \u201csmear campaign\u201d and added that \u201cit should be the people who decide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other than L\u00f3pez Obrador, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban publicly spoke out about the charges. In a Twitter post, Orban told Trump to \u201ckeep on fighting\u201d and said that \u201cwe are with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00f3pez Obrador had a warm relationship with Trump, despite the former U.S. president\u2019s public statements that he would build a wall separating the two countries to stave off illegal immigration from Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After L\u00f3pez Obrador agreed to help keep illegal aliens at the U.S.\u2013Mexico border in what was known as the Migrant Protection Protocols, Trump largely refrained from criticizing Mexico and its president\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both Trump and L\u00f3pez Orbrado have often said they\u2019ve had elections stolen from them, and both frequently criticize the media in their respective countries. During the 2006 and 2012 presidential elections, L\u00f3pez Orbrador alleged there was massive voter fraud that denied him victories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After it was announced by Trump last month that he would be arrested, the Mexican president also suggested that the charges were politically motivated. Trump then praised L\u00f3pez Orbrador, a left-wing populist commonly referred to as AMLO, on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00f3pez Obrador notably criticized social media companies for banning Trump\u2019s accounts in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. In November of last year, he urged Twitter under Elon Musk to reinstate Trump\u2019s then-suspended account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Few other world leaders have offered their opinions on the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s charges against the former president. The White House, meanwhile, has generally refrained from commenting on the charges against Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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