Rather than addressing the nation's problems, it seems that the president of Mexico has retreated from reality, refusing calls from both friends and political allies, and resisting criticism from all sources.

Some numbers have drawn to a decline in the curve: In contrast to the 64% approval rating in the preceding year, about 47% of Mexicans support the Lopez Obrador administration.

Setting a Bad Example During the Pandemic

Throughout the year, Lopez Obrador consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak. Last March, when the World Health Organization declared that the disease escalated into a pandemic, Lopez Obrador was organizing public events in congested places with as big a crowd as possible.

He posted on his Twitter a video of him kissing and touching the masses in Mexico. "I greeted people and listened to their concerns in Ometepec."

Analysts criticized Lopez Obrador's economic recovery plan, calling it short-sighted. The budget allotted for strengthening the healthcare system was reduced in favor of his infrastructure projects. The Mexican economy is expected to contract by the end of the year, and local businesses and healthcare institutions are paying loans by the millions.

In response to the growing crisis, the president sought to resolve the problems by opening 2 million jobs for employees, which was virtually predicted to plunge the nation deeper into debt rather than lift it from loans.

Because so many overseas workers were being fired from jobs abroad, the country's gross domestic product decreased tremendously from the plummeting remittances. Apart from that, oil prices are at a record low, and industries are at risk of a downturn. The last thing Mexico needs is an unapologetic leader.

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Response to criticism unfavorable

During the announcement of the National Development Plan in 2019, he emphasized that the mistake of the previous administration was to adopt corruption and perpetuate inequality and poverty in the country.

He mentioned in an address that Mexico was being "punished" for the neoliberal policies that were integrated over the last 36 years. He called these programs a "complete failure," adding that this was more so in the previous few years.

Most notably, Lopez Obrador's adversarial nature is revealed more often with the press.

Last week, the president targeted his complaints on journalists, citing corruption and incompetence. He criticized their work, called them "conservatives disguised as liberals," and carped about negative news framing about his administration. He added, "We don't have professional journalism in Mexico."

The receiving end of his distrust with the media was most often Reforma. Just recently, the tension spiked when Reforma wrote a piece about the Lopez Obrador administration auditing the company's managers for an alleged discrepancy in a 2014 fiscal exercise.

Lopez Obrador then accused the newspaper of publishing material with subliminal messages. He said, "I have called them snobbish, and I will keep doing it."

He was also fond of accusing celebrities of damaging the presidency.

During an interview, Mexican soccer athlete Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez said the president was leading the nation backward. Hernandez said, "He could be doing much more."

In response, Lopez Obrador admitted he used to like Hernandez, calling back to a time when he "didn't have an opinion."