Trump wrote that the Mexican president had 'agreed to stop Migration through Mexico...effectively closing our Southern Border.'
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo appeared to downplay President-elect Donald Trump's claim that she had agreed to 'effectively' close the nation's border with the United States.Sheinbaum Pardo 'agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border,' Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday.
Thank you!!!'But Sheinbaum Pardo took to social media to say that Mexico was already taking actions to prevent migrants from entering the U.S. and had no interest in closing its borders.Newsweek has contacted spokespeople for Trump and Sheinbaum Pardo for comment via email.Trump and Mexico's leader spoke after the president-elect threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Canada and Mexico as part of his effort to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs.
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