Mexico agrees to deploy 10,000 troops to US border in exchange for tariff pause

Mexico has agreed to deploy 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico borderline successful speech for a one-month hold connected President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday.

Sheinbaum made the announcement connected societal media Monday morning, astir 12 hours earlier the tariffs were acceptable to instrumentality effect. Trump and Sheinbaum spoke connected Monday and agreed that Mexico volition bash much to combat cause trafficking into the U.S., and that the U.S. volition measurement up efforts to artifact the travel of firearms into Mexico.

Sheinbaum besides said officials with the U.S. and Mexico were opening talks connected wider commercialized and information issues.

Trump confirmed the woody successful his ain station connected Truth Social, describing the telephone with Sheinbaum arsenic a "very affable conversation."

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Mexican President Claudia Claudia Sheinbaum spoke with President Donald Trump connected Monday and came to an statement regarding tariffs and the U.S.-Mexico border. (Getty Images)

"I conscionable spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a precise affable speech wherein she agreed to instantly proviso 10,000 Mexican Soldiers connected the Border separating Mexico and the United States. These soldiers volition beryllium specifically designated to halt the travel of fentanyl, and amerciable migrants into our Country," Trump wrote.

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"We further agreed to instantly intermission the anticipated tariffs for a 1 period play during which we volition person negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico. I look guardant to participating successful those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, arsenic we effort to execute a 'deal' betwixt our 2 Countries," helium added.

Mexico volition nonstop 10,000 nationalist defender troops to assistance unafraid the U.S.-Mexico borderline against cause trafficking and amerciable immigration. (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

The woody comes conscionable days aft Trump announced 25% tariffs connected some Mexico and Canada, arsenic good arsenic 10% tariffs connected China. Trump says helium spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau connected Monday, but the brace did not scope an agreement. He says they volition talk again aboriginal Monday.

The tariffs are acceptable to instrumentality effect astatine midnight connected Tuesday.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slighted the U.S. by encouraging Canadians to "buy Canada" successful effect to the tariffs.

Canada Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called connected citizens to "buy Canada" successful effect to Trump's menace of tariffs. (AP/Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

"Now is the clip to take products made close present successful Canada," Trudeau wrote connected X. "Check the labels. Let’s bash our part. Wherever we can, take Canada.

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During Sunday's speech with reporters, Trump besides discussed the imaginable of cutting disconnected assistance to South Africa aft its president signed a controversial onshore seizure measure.