Victoria Coates warns that Mexico's newly elected president is worse than current one

Heritage Foundation Vice President of Foreign Policy Victoria Coates warned on Monday that the newly elected leader of Mexico is actually worse than the country's current president.

Mexico elected its first female president on Sunday, Claudia Sheinbaum, who won with roughly 60% of the vote, CNN reported. Sheinbaum, who is a physicist with a doctorate in energy engineering, will be sworn in on Oct. 1.

Coates claimed that although it was "nice" that Mexico elected its first female president, Sheinbaum's policies are more concerning.

"I would say in this case, we have traded a very dangerous and difficult situation with Mexico for a worse one," Coates said on the "Just The News, No Noise" TV show. "I think her climate zealotry will be part and parcel with the extremist policies of the Biden administration, they're going to try to find common ground and that which will undermine the very strong energy partnership which should exist between the United States and Mexico."

Coates warned that Sheinbaum was not going to be cooperative when it comes to fixing the crisis at America's southern border.

"She is not going to be the strong hand that the United States needs," Coates said. "And obviously for at least, the next six, seven months, the Biden administration isn't going to ask her to be."

Coates also noted that it does not appear Sheinbaum would take action against the Mexican cartels, who have become an increasingly important part of the Mexican economy. The cartels have played a monumental role in smuggling drugs across the U.S. southern border, which has resulted in a fentanyl crisis that has killed thousands of Americans.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.