President-elect Trump said he had a “very productive” conversation with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
“Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,” Trump posted Wednesday to his Truth Social site. “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,” his post said. “It was a very productive conversation!”
Sheinbaum confirmed it was an “excellent conversation.”
“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,” she wrote in Spanish in a post on the social platform X.
Sheinbaum said she and Trump also discussed strengthening collaboration on security issues and preventing the consumption of fentanyl.
The phone call conversation comes just days after Trump announced he would impose a 25 percent tariff on all Canadian and Mexican goods on his first day back in office.
A day later, Sheinbaum threatened to retaliate with her own tariffs against the United States. In remarks, she said that drugs were a U.S. problem, not a Mexican problem.
She called the tit-for-tat tariff trading “unacceptable” and said it would cause inflation and job losses in both countries. Sheinbaum, however, offered to speak with Trump about the issue, noting that “dialogue is the best path to achieve understanding.”
In her remarks, Sheinbaum said Mexico has taken significant steps to curb the flow of migrants arriving at the countries’ shared border.
Trump has for months pledged to impose tariffs on all imports. It’s a plan economists warn could spike the costs of goods and increase household costs across the country.
