Guatemalan Congressman Hector Aldana showed his support for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump this week by wearing a pro-Trump red hat during Congress.
Aldana, a lawmaker from Guatemala's conservative Vamos party, wore a red hat Tuesday during the day's parliament. According to In a Guatemalan newspaper La Oraa lawmaker wore a red hat after opposing the passed Port System Designated Authority Act.
Aldana wore a red hat emblazoned with President Trump's name, the American flag and the phrase “Take Back America.” hat reportedly The remarks drew applause from some of his fellow senators who expressed support for Trump's victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
In remarks to reporters in Congress, Aldana called Trump's victory a new opportunity and “refreshment” for Guatemala. The congressman congratulated Americans for voting and stressed, “Today, we stand up for Latin America.”
“I still maintain that we have great Latin American leaders: [Argentine President] like Javier Millay [Salvadoran President Nayib] Mr. Bukele and today we have President Trump,” Aldana said.
reporter from La Ora Aldana asked if she had a U.S. visa, and she said she didn't because she hadn't applied for one. Afterwards, the reporter asked him if he could speak English, and he answered “yes”, but added that he would not be able to speak English at that time.
Aldana told reporters that he would send “good wishes” from the United States when he visits the country.
In remarks to reporters after the U.S. presidential election last week, Aldana congratulated Trump on his victory and said of the president-elect that “his guiding principles are focused on right-wing themes, the theme of protecting the public. “He is an objective person who we believe to be an objective person.'' The theme is to protect life and our spirituality. ”
“I believe that this is a respite for the world, a respite for all the countries of Latin America, where we too can see objectivity and the great deal with the U.S. government that we have already built. “I believe we can strengthen our good relationship. But I believe we can now be on the same wavelength,” Aldana said.
Aldana is a member of the conservative Vamos party, which ruled Guatemala from 2020 to January 2024 under the government of former conservative President Alejandro Giammattei. Although Giammattei maintained friendly relations with the United States, he was an active critic of outgoing US President Joe Biden and his administration.
Giammattei said in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News in 2022. criticized Biden supported the idea of buying oil from Venezuela's socialist regime, which he said would be tantamount to “feeding the devil.”
In that interview, Giammattei also said: criticized Vice President Kamala Harris' apparent inaction and lack of communication regarding the migrant crisis at the US southern border. Trump defeated Harris in the November 5 election.
Biden administration authorized Giammattei took office in mid-January, days after the Guatemalan resigned, citing his “involvement in significant corruption” during his presidency.
Bernardo Arevalo, current leftist president of Guatemala Congratulations President-elect Trump spoke on social media about his election victory last week. Arevalo said his administration will continue to work with the United States to strengthen the ties between our two countries and peoples, a friendship that has spanned 175 years.
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