Sheinbaum said she was willing to engage in talks on the issues, but said drugs were a U.S. problem.
She said Tuesday that Mexico had done a lot to stem the flow of migrants, noting “caravans of migrants no longer reach the border.”
Sheinbaum also criticized U.S. spending on weapons, saying the money should instead be spent regionally to address the problem of migration.
Sheinbaum’s bristly response suggests that Trump faces a much different Mexican president than he did in his first term.
Back in late 2018, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was a charismatic, old-school politician who developed a chummy relationship with Trump.
“But Mexico’s response, that we’re going to respond to you with tariffs, that will make Trump really impose them.”.
“Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. »
