President-elect Trump spoke with Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and announced this week that “through Mexico” was threatened after the country threatened to impose steep tariffs on goods imported into the United States from its southern neighbor. He said he agreed to “prevent immigration to the United States.”
President Trump has vowed to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada unless they take further steps to stop illegal immigration and drugs from entering the United States, and recently sworn in President Sheinbaum He said Wednesday that Mexico will retaliate if President Trump follows through on his presidential promise. promise.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum (left) President-elect Donald Trump (right) (Getty Images)
“If the U.S. imposes tariffs, Mexico will probably raise them as well,” he said at a press conference.
On Wednesday, President Trump said he spoke with Sheinbaum about the issue.
“I just had a great conversation with Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,” he wrote on Truth Social. “She agreed to stop immigration into the United States through Mexico, effectively closing the southern border. We will also stop the massive flow of drugs into the United States and the consumption of these drugs in the United States. We also talked about what we can do to help. It was a very productive conversation!”
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Former Mexico City mayor and Morena Party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum during an election campaign launch event on Friday, March 1, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Mr. Sheinbaum began his campaign with a series of proposals to build welfare programs. That is what underpins the popularity of the current president, and he has pitched himself as someone who can build on his accomplishments. (Victoria Lazo/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In a later post, he said: “Mexico will stop people from going to our southern border, effective immediately. This will go a long way in stopping illegal invasions of the United States. Thank you!!!” said.
Sheinbaum said in a post on X that he spoke by phone with Trump to discuss “increasing cooperation on security issues,” and that the conversation was “excellent,” according to Reuters.
President Trump has long complained that Mexico is not doing enough to stem the flow of immigrants and illegal drugs on its side of the southern border.
President Trump also threatened to impose 10% tariffs on China over large amounts of fentanyl flowing into the United States from Mexico.
U.S. officials frequently say that illegal fentanyl is manufactured in Mexico. pioneer in china It was then smuggled across the border by drug cartels.
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Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and lethal in small doses, claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and contributing to many drug overdose deaths.
On Wednesday, President Trump said he would launch a major ad campaign explaining the dangers of fentanyl.
“Millions of lives are being needlessly destroyed. By the end of this campaign, everyone will know how terrible this drug is,” he said.
In response to the threat of additional tariffs, the Communist Party-run China Daily newspaper said in an editorial on Tuesday, “The president-elect's excuses to justify threatening additional tariffs on imports from China are far-fetched,” Reuters reported. Ta.
Fox News Digital's Greg Norman contributed to this report.
