West Palm Beach, Florida. – President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday declared his victory on curbing illegal immigration through Mexico after talks with the country's leader. But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Mexico was already doing its job and had no interest in closing its borders.
The two spoke just days after Trump threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Canada and Mexico as part of his effort to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs — a threat that drew a quick and terse response from Sheinbaum, who said That any U.S. Tariffs will be met by reciprocal measures On behalf of his government – emphasizing: “There is no subjugation here.”
Trump said in his social media post that Sheinbaum “has agreed to halt migration through Mexico and into the United States, effectively closing our southern border.”
sheinbaum Hint given on social mediaHowever, he “explained” to Trump that Mexico was already “taking care” of the migrant caravan, calling it an “excellent conversation” but indicating no major changes in his government's policies.
The Mexican leader wrote, “I told him about the comprehensive strategy that Mexico has adopted to deal with the migration phenomenon while respecting human rights. Thanks to this, migrants and caravans are provided assistance before they reach the border ” “We reiterate that Mexico's position is not to close the borders but to build bridges between governments and peoples.”
Trump's social media posts about borders – what they describe he called “A wonderful conversation with Sheinbaum and the suggestion that Mexico make concessions in the wake of its tariff threat – which has led to changes in financial markets.
Even if the proposed tariffs fail to materialize, Trump may argue to his supporters that they are likely merely an effective policy tool, and will continue to rely on tariff threats.
But the only new policy explicitly referenced by either leader in his social media posts on Wednesday was Trump's pledge to launch a new national ad campaign warning against the dangers of fentanyl use.
Sheinbaum said in her message that she and Trump also “talked about strengthening cooperation on security issues within the framework of our sovereignty and the campaign we are conducting to curb fentanyl consumption.”
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In his third, sharper post on his own Truth social platform about their conversation, the president-elect said he would be working on a “massive United States advertising campaign highlighting how dangerous fentanyl use is to people.” Too bad – millions of lives are being destroyed unnecessarily like this, and by the time the campaign ends, everyone will know how bad this drug terror really is.”
illegal Mexico cross-border migration has decreased Partly because the Biden administration has won some advanced cooperation from Mexico — the kind Trump is celebrating.
Arrivals at the US-Mexico border are down 40% from an all-time high last December. U.S. officials mostly credit Mexican vigilance around rail yards and highway checkpoints.
Driven by increasing US pressure to stop migrants from heading north, Mexican authorities in the past few years have turned to sending them to southern Mexico, seen by experts as an attempt to exhaust migrants until Goes on until they give up.
Neither side clarified any concrete plans to impose new tariffs in their social media messages on Wednesday. but their implementation Prices could be higher for US consumers And slowing economic growth, potentially destroying the trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico, which was finalized in 2020 during Trump's previous term in the White House.
Trump said on Monday he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the country from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders after taking office on January 20. He also proposed an additional 10% tariff on China linked to its exports. Materials used in the production of fentanyl.
As of September, the United States has imported $378.9 billion of goods from Mexico, $322.2 billion from China, and $309.3 billion from Canada.