President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the daily morning briefing at Palacio Nacional on July 15, 2026, in Mexico City, Mexico.
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This one’s a little different. Aaron, Matt, and Jonathan talk with Ken Salazar—former US senator from Colorado, secretary of the interior under Obama, and ambassador to Mexico under Biden—about why Democrats need to rethink their approach to the US-Mexico border and start treating immigration not as a liability to be managed, but a genuine opportunity to be seized. We also discuss the politics of Mexico and Ken’s experiences with AMLO, Mexico’s former insanely popular populist president, and Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s current insanely popular populist president. Aaron even tries to get a little feisty with Ken about his climate record, but fails spectacularly due to Ken’s “kind grandpa” demeanor. Oh, well.
Check out Ken Salazar’s new book, Borderlands.
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