According to Mexican newspaper the Reforma [1], Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto will award White House senior adviser Jared Kushner with the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico’s highest honor for foreigners.
Peña Nieto will present Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, with the award on Thursday at the G-20 summit in Argentina.
It’s likely to be Peña Nieto’s last major act as president, as he is due to hand over power to President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday.
Vice President Pence and Kushner’s wife, Ivanka Trump, are scheduled to represent the United States at Lopez Obrador’s inauguration.
Kushner has been at the center of the U.S.-Mexico relationship during Trump’s tenure, in great part thanks to his personal friendship with Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray.
Previous recipients of the Aztec Eagle include Walt Disney, former Argentine first lady Evita Peron, Fidel Castro, former Sen. Ted Kennedy and Bill and Melinda Gates.
Twitter was furious:
Cannot believe the reports that say that Jared Kushner will be honoured by Mexico with the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest Mexican order that may be awarded to foreigners for their services given to Mexico.
For Chrissake, please tell me this is fake news.— Yves Hayaux du Tilly (@YHayaux) November 27, 2018 [2]
For what!? He hasn’t done anything remotely noteworthy in his life yet ????????♂️????
— Ginger Winger ???????????? (@tazweller) November 27, 2018 [3]
Will he be receiving a commemorative piece of the Mexican-funded wall?
— Trumpus Imbecilicus (@orangemistake) November 27, 2018 [4]
I'm really surprised that any citizen of Mexico would believe that Jared Kushner was deserving of any honor, much less the nation's highest award for a foreigner
— MiSt526 (@Mi_St526) November 27, 2018 [5]
It should be Montezuma's Revenge.
— ⒹⓞⓣⒸⓞⓜⒸⓉⓄ (@DotComCTO) November 27, 2018 [6]
"And this years most stupid and corrupt official award goes to"…..
— Sean Macaba (@gattifan2010) November 27, 2018 [7]
I thought he was busy solving the Middle East?
— Bryan LeBlanc ???????? (@Resistance2020) November 27, 2018 [8]