U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week met with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and other Mexican envoys to discuss a proposal by President Trump to impose 5% tariffs on all Mexican goods. But the urgency –and gravity– of the matter did not stop one of Ebrard’s spokespeople to enjoy a few peanuts, on a napkin, while at the negotiating table.
By Wednesday morning, a photo of Roberto Velasco Álvarez, spokesperson of the Mexican Foreign Ministry (SRE) quickly went viral by Mexican Twitter using the hashtag #LordCacahuates (Lord Peanuts,) following a Mexican Twitter tradition of calling Lords and Ladies doing “weird stuff.”
Here are some of the best memes I could find on Wednesday morning…
Vampipe, siempre Vampipe
Por un México mejor… pic.twitter.com/5e3p935Svq
— Vampipe ⍨ (@vampipe) 5 de junio de 2019
Tacos, anyone?
Now, that’s better
A #LordCacahuates solo le faltaba la caguama y la Valentina pic.twitter.com/gWRDVtcw8L
— La corneta negra (@lacornetanegra) 5 de junio de 2019
Su Boing y su pizza
Si ustedes fueran #LordCacahuates
¿Que llevarían para la negociación con EU?Yo un chicharron preparado y un Boing de Mango. 👌 pic.twitter.com/AteVLGlVgc
— Ivanovich drunk (@el_kroner) 5 de junio de 2019
They were not even the good ones
Me parece una falta de respeto que los cacahuates de #LordCacahuates no sean de los enchilados. pic.twitter.com/rasfCUJ6tB
— Óscar Gutiérrez (@oscargutiez) 5 de junio de 2019
Leave this guy eat alone
Ya no se puede ni echar la botana a gusto 🤣🤣🤣 #LordCacahuates https://t.co/9IU6exhpq6
— Sopitas (@sopitas) 5 de junio de 2019