Mexican President Has Call with President-elect Trump: "No potential tariff war"

 

BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum claims to have had  a 'very kind' phone call with President-elect Trump today. Their conversation ranged a variety of topics: The border security, illegal immigration, illegal drugs and of course, fentanyl.

She spoke to reporters today after Trump's vow to apply a 25% tariff against Canada and Mexico (plus an additional 10% tariff against China) -- if the countries did not stop all illegal immigration and fentanyl smuggling into the United States of America.

Trump said on his social media site Truth Social today:

The Mexican President also said:

“Each person has their own way of communicating,” Sheinbaum said. “But I can assure you, I guarantee you, that we never – additionally, we would be incapable of doing so – proposed that we would close the border in the north [of Mexico], or in the south of the United States. It has never been our idea and, of course, we are not in agreement with that."

“What I base myself on is the conversation – the two conversations – that I had with President Trump, and then, at the moment, the communication we will have with his work team and when he takes office,” Sheinbaum said. “We will always defend our sovereignty. Mexico is a free, independent, sovereign country – and that is above everything else.”