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[Trump] has made statements like that before when he was president and it didn’t actually amount to the closure of a border,
Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border. We also talked about what can be done to stop the massive drug inflow into the United States, and also, U.S. consumption of these drugs. It was a very productive conversation!"
In a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday Trump said I had an excellent conversation with President Donald Trump. We discussed Mexico's strategy on the migration phenomenon and I shared that caravans are not arriving at the northern border because they are being taken care of in Mexico."
Sheinbaum Pardo also posted about the conversation on X, formerly Twitter, saying in part The excuse the president-elect has given to justify his threat of additional tariffs on imports from China is far-fetched,
In response, the China Daily newspaper – which is run by the Chinese Communist Party – published an editorial Tuesday saying ... according to Reuters Mexico will stop people from going to our Southern Border, effective immediately. THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD STOPPING THE ILLEGAL INVASION OF THE USA. Thank you!!!
In a subsequent post, he said that Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,
If there are U.S. tariffs, Mexico would also raise tariffs,
Sheinbaum said during a press conference Dear President-elect Donald Trump, I am writing to you regarding your statement on Monday, November 25, concerning migration, fentanyl trafficking, and tariffs,
#BREAKING: Mexican president announces she is stopping the migrant caravans from arriving at the U.S. southern border after Trump's tariff threat. The announcement came only 12 hours later."
Another post by news director Eric Daugherty, posted on November 26, 2024, viewed 4.6 million times, said You may not be aware that Mexico has developed a comprehensive policy to assist migrants from different parts of the world who cross our territory en route to the southern border of the United States,
Sheinbaum wrote, ... according to a translation of her letter We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs,
she continued ... continued. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours,
But Mexico's response, that we're going to respond to you with tariffs, that will make Trump really impose them,
she told the Associated Press Why tax them and put them at risk?"
We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!"
I am convinced that North America's economic strength lies in maintaining our trade partnership. This allows us to remain competitive against other economic blocs. For this reason, I believe that dialogue is the best path to understanding, peace, and prosperity for our nations. I hope our teams can meet soon to continue building joint solutions."
Sheinbaum concludes, saying But nobody wants a 25 percent tariff on them, and the Mexicans are threatening to do the same thing, and we don’t want to get into that,
Well, let me put it this way: Laredo’s the largest port; we handle 40 percent of all the trade between the U.S. and Mexico. I know this is a way to negotiate, get some leverage. I know that Mexico will come to the table,
If it means a 25 percent tariff to potentially fix the border, would you favor that?"
There are no winners in tariff wars. If the U.S. continues to politicize economic and trade issues by weaponizing tariffs, it will leave no party unscathed,
