Our Mexican President Pena Nieto Is Funnier Than Any of Your Politicians Eric Eidelstein - Complex
go to original November 30, 2015

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Sometimes there's nothing you can do but laugh at the people running your country. Canada had Rob Ford, the US may have Donald Trump (probably not), and Mexico has Enrique Peña Nieto, who has been president of the country since 2012. Nieto, who is known for skewering names, screwing up geography, and sounding a little bit too rehearsed in his public appearances, has become a sort of joke for Mexico's comedians - many who find the politician's blunders to be prime material.

"I want to be the best comedian in Mexico and I think I'm on the right track, stand-up comic Gon Curiel said during his bit a few weeks back. "I'm resigning myself to the fact that it won't happen. I'll never be, at least as long as there is new material from the indisputable best comedian in Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto."

As reported by BuzzFeed, it seems like Curiel and other comedians are capitalizing off of Nieto's many mishaps. While preparing for a state of the union address, Nieto was filmed dropping the presidential sash. The video went viral. In an interview with a Spanish newspaper he was quoted saying he didn't know how much a kilo of tortillas cost. He added, "I am not a housewife." The list goes on.

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Related: A Viral Video Mocking the President Shows Just How Funny Everyone Finds Him (BuzzFeed)

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