Mexican president clarifies country will 'not close borders' just hours after Trump declares MAJOR victory by claiming she said the EXACT opposite

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rapidly poured acold h2o connected Donald Trump's assertion helium secured the 'immediate' extremity of migrants crossing the confederate borderline - insisting alternatively that her state volition 'not adjacent borders.'

Sheinbaum contradicted the president-elect conscionable hours aft helium claimed connected Truth Social that helium had a 'wonderful' speech with her that resulted successful 'effectively closing our Southern Border.' 

She countered: 'In our speech with President Trump, I explained to him the broad strategy that Mexico has followed to code the migration phenomenon, respecting quality rights. 

'Thanks to this, migrants and caravans are assisted earlier they scope the border,' she explained. 

'We reiterate that Mexico's presumption is not to adjacent borders but to physique bridges betwixt governments and betwixt peoples.' 

Sheinbaum's connection contradicting Trump came conscionable aft nemesis Maggie Haberman predicted that Trump's assertion of a immense migration triumph whitethorn person been much bluster than existent diplomacy. 

Haberman said during an quality with CNN that she was near puzzled by the president-elect's announcement. 

“I person nary thought what that really means,” Haberman responded to his closed borderline claim. 'He has made statements similar that earlier erstwhile helium was president, and it didn’t really magnitude to the closure of a border.' 

Her scathing appraisal came 1 time aft Trump branded her with a vile nickname successful effect to a critical communicative astir adjutant Natalie Harp. 

Sheinbaum's speech with Trump followed a 2 time back-and-forth of hardball tactics betwixt the 2 satellite leaders implicit immigration, fentanyl, and commercialized sanctions. 

On Monday, Trump threatened to enforce a crippling 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico 'until specified clip arsenic Drugs, successful peculiar Fentanyl, and each Illegal Aliens halt this Invasion of our Country!', .  

After Trump's tariff threat, Sheinbaum fired back: 'Seventy percent of the amerciable weapons seized from criminals successful Mexico travel from your country.' 

But a time later, Trump appeared delighted aft the 2 had a 'wonderful' discussion, offering details astir their expected agreement.

'Just had a fantastic speech with the caller President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,' the Republican posted.

'She has agreed to halt Migration done Mexico, and into the United States, efficaciously closing our Southern Border.'

'We besides talked astir what tin beryllium done to halt the monolithic cause inflow into the United States, and also, U.S. depletion of these drugs. It was a precise productive conversation!' 

Sheinbaum's initially agreed that the 2 leaders had an 'excellent' conversation. 

'I had an fantabulous speech with President Donald Trump,' she posted connected X astatine the time. 

'We addressed Mexico's strategy regarding the migration phenomenon, and I shared that caravans are nary longer reaching the bluish borderline arsenic they are being addressed wrong Mexico.'

But she denied Trump's assertion that she would adjacent the borderline 'immediately.'

If Sheinbaum had followed Trump's archetypal assertion and closed the border, it would person marked a important aboriginal triumph for the President-elect aft making amerciable migration 1 of the cardinal planks of his 2024 platform. 

Since FY 2021 determination person been astir 11 cardinal migrants encounters, meaning those who crossed illegally, according to national data. 

Although the 2 leaders were not connected the aforesaid leafage connected Wednesday implicit their plans for the border, Sheinbaum besides pointed retired successful her effect that since past December, 'encounters astatine the Mexico–United States borderline person decreased by 75%.' 

The Mexican president responded to Trump's menace astatine her regular property league successful Mexico City connected Tuesday wherever she work from a missive she plans to nonstop to the president-elect.

'One tariff volition beryllium followed by different successful response, and truthful connected until we enactment communal companies astatine risk,' Sheinbaum said.

She adjacent called retired circumstantial American companies that could beryllium threatened by Trump's plan.

'The main exporters from Mexico to the U.S. are General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford Motor Company, which arrived 80 years ago. Why enactment successful spot a tariff that puts them successful risk?' she asked. 

But connected Wednesday evening she called the speech betwixt her and the Republican 'wonderful' and 'productive.' 

In a abstracted post, Trump besides announced a caller endeavor aimed astatine cracking down connected the 100,000+ fentanyl overdose deaths that person occurred successful the U.S. successful the past 4 years. 

'I volition beryllium moving connected a ample standard United States Advertising Campaign, explaining however atrocious Fentanyl is for radical to usage - Millions of lives being truthful needlessly destroyed,' different station said. 

'By the clip the Campaign is over, everyone volition cognize however truly atrocious the fearfulness of this Drug is.'