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March 21, 2025: Ambassador Salazar on tariffs, cartels, and the Gulf; A spring of fire & ice
Former US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar is back home in Colorado. We discuss US-Mexico relations including trade, border security, cartels, and understanding history at a time of political posturing and division. Then, spring has sprung, so what's in store for Colorado's weather? And CSU is ready for some March Madness!
Interview: Colorado’s Ken Salazar on trade with Mexico, border security, cartels, and what he calls the Gulf
On the surface, there doesn’t seem to be a lot that Ken Salazar can do these days to resolve the relationship between the United States and Mexico, something he calls a “misunderstood” relationship, leading to national and economic security issues between the two nations. After all, he’s months removed from his position as the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, ousted after Donald Trump returned to the White House last November, and as of yet, he says he hasn’t had a conversation with his successor there, Ronald Johnson.