Trump explodes Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum because he won't let us send us troops to Mexico
President Donald Trump said on SundayPresident Claudia SheinbaumHe rejected his proposal to send US troops to Mexico to help frustrate illegal drug trafficking because he is afraid of the powerful cartels of the country.
Trump's comments came the day after Sheinbaum confirmed it Trump pressed him With a call last month, to accept a major role in the US military in Mexico in combating drug cartels.
Trump said it was true that he proposed to send troops to Mexico and stretched Sheinbaum's idea for dismissing.
“Well, he's afraid of the potatoes so he can't walk, so you know this is the reason,” Trump told journalists on board Air Force on Sunday in comments. “And I think she's a lovely woman. The Mexican president is a lovely woman, but she's afraid of cartels so she can't even think straight.”
The US military presence on the southern border of Mexico has grown steadily in recent months, after the Trump arrangement in January to increase the role of the army in stopping immigrants.
The Northern Under command of the US hasCovered troops and equipment to the borderIncreased manned tracking flights to monitor fentanyl turmoil on the border and sought extended powers for special US forces to work closely with Mexican troops leading to cartels.
But Sheinbaum said that US troops in Mexico went too far.
“He said,” How can we help you fight drug trafficking? I suggest that the United States army comes in and helps you. “And you know what I told him?” Sovereignity is not sold. Sovereignty is loved and protected. “
He added that he told Trump that these two countries could “work together, but you in your territory and our own.”
Trump in FebruaryappointedAs foreign terrorist organizations, many gangs and cartels smuggled drugs in the USTo do,Limiting these movements and borrowing legal protection to operate against them.
But the stance of Sheinbaum – and Trump's answer – suggests that US pressure on unilateral military intervention could be tension between two driversAfter cooperationImmigration and trading in the early departure of Trump's second term.
Trump said the US army needed to stop fentanyl scourge in the United States.
“These are bad news,” Trump said of the cartels. “If Mexico wanted help in cartels, we would be honored to go in and do it. I told him it. I would be honored to go in and do it. Cartels are trying to destroy our country.”
The White House has also associated its efforts to reduce the flow of fentanyl with Trumptariffsaying that he wants to keep Mexico, Canada and China responsible for stopping the drug flow to the United States
This story was originally reflected on Fortune.com
