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Lopez Obrador called Trump's tweet \"very respectful.\" Nicknamed ALMO, he is a populist ex-mayor of Mexico City whom the Mexican voters are anticipating will change the country’s political climate after their discontent with the current president Pena Nieto and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) that ruled for over 70 years since 1929.

Throughout his election campaign, Obrador has been openly critical of President Trump and his proposed border wall.

“When a wall is built to segregate people or when the word “foreigner” is used to insult, disparage and discriminate our fellow men, humanity, intelligence and history are being insulted,” said the president-elect, who will take office in December, in a speech in Los Angeles last year explaining the need to “counteract” Trump’s strategy.

In addition to calling President Trump “erratic and arrogant,” a two-time failed presidential candidate published a book condemning Trump’s plan to build a wall on the southern U.S. border. The title of the book, “Oye, Trump,” translates to “Listen Up, Trump.”

Despite the harsh talk during his campaign and his visits to the U.S., Obrador said in his acceptance speech Sunday that he will seek a relationship of \"friendship” and “respect\" with the U.S.

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PHOTO: Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto addresses the media after casting his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Mexico City, Mexico July 1, 2018.
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In February, Trump and Pena Nieto canceled a planned U.S. visit by the Mexican president. in addition to the border wall issue, the two countries are at odds over Trump's demand that NAFTA be renegotiated or even abandoned.

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