Trump says Mexico will stop flow of migrants after speaking with Mexican president following tariff threats

President-elect Trump said helium spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, saying she has agreed to "stop Migration done Mexico, and into the United States" pursuing threats this week to importantly tariff goods from Mexico.

Trump vowed to enforce 25% tariffs connected Mexico and Canada if some nations failed to bash much to halt the travel of amerciable immigrants and drugs into the U.S. Sheinbaum, who precocious took office, said connected Wednesday that Mexico would retaliate if Trump followed done connected his promise. 

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President Claudia Sheinbaum (Left) President-elect Donald Trump (Right.) (Getty Images)

"If determination are U.S. tariffs, Mexico would besides rise tariffs," Sheinbaum said during a property conference. 

On Wednesday, Trump said helium spoke with his Sheinbaum astir the matter. 

"Just had a fantastic speech with the caller President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo," helium wrote connected Truth Social. "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!"

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Claudia Sheinbaum, erstwhile politician of Mexico City and statesmanlike campaigner for the Morena party, during a run motorboat lawsuit successful Mexico City, Mexico, connected Friday, March 1, 2024. Sheinbaum launched her run with a bid of proposals to physique retired the payment programs that underpin the popularity of the existent president, pitching herself arsenic idiosyncratic who would physique connected his legacy.  (Victoria Razo/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In a consequent post, helium said that: "Mexico volition halt radical from going to our Southern Border, effectual immediately. THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD STOPPING THE ILLEGAL INVASION OF THE USA. Thank you!!!"

Sheinbaum and Trump spoke by telephone aboriginal connected Wednesday, the Mexican president said connected social-media level X, adding the 2 discussed "strengthening collaboration connected information issues" and that the speech was "excellent," Reuters reported. 

Trump has agelong complained that Mexico has failed to bash capable to halt the travel of migrants connected its broadside of the confederate border.  

Trump besides threatened to enforce an further 10% tariff connected China implicit the monolithic amounts of fentanyl coming into the U.S. from Mexico. 

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In response, the China Daily paper – which is tally by the Chinese Communist Party – published an editorial Tuesday saying, "The excuse the president-elect has fixed to warrant his menace of further tariffs connected imports from China is far-fetched," according to Reuters.