Mexico’s president announced a short-term response to the imminent 25% tariffs ordered by President Donald Trump who confirmed the news on social media.
The president blew a hole in Democrat talking points as he once again displayed his mastery of the ‘art of the deal’ after a talk with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Just days after Sheinbaum vowed her country would not back down and would issue retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump’s order imposing 25% tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, she announced they had agreed to a one-month pause.
The announcement came soon after the two leaders shared a “good conversation” as she noted in a post on X Monday.
Sostuvimos una buena conversación con el presidente Trump con mucho respeto a nuestra relación y la soberanía; llegamos a una serie de acuerdos:
1.México reforzará la frontera norte con 10 mil elementos de la Guardia Nacional de forma inmediata, para evitar el tráfico de drogas…
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) February 3, 2025
According to the translation provided by the social media platform, Sheinbaum said there would be a one-month pause on tariffs and Mexico would be working to respond to Trump’s concerns about the shared border.
“We had a good conversation with President Trump with great respect for our relationship and sovereignty; we reached a series of agreements,” the Mexican leader posted.
“Mexico will immediately reinforce the northern border with 10,000 members of the National Guard to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, particularly fentanyl,” she continued.
“The United States is committed to working to prevent the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico,” she wrote. “Our teams will begin working today on two fronts: security and trade.”
Trump confirmed the conversation and said he looked forward to a “deal” between the two nations as members of his administration, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio plan to meet with Mexican officials in the coming days.
“I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States,” the president said in a post on Truth Social.
The Art of the Deal is back.
This is how world leaders solve problems. pic.twitter.com/lHjryAnRTM
— Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) February 3, 2025
“These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our Country. We further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have 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,” Trump continued.
“I look forward to participating in those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, as we attempt to achieve a ‘deal’ between our two Countries,” he added.
Trump had signed an executive order that was set to go into effect Tuesday, with the White House citing the need “to hold Mexico, Canada, and China accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country.”
“The government of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels to engage in the manufacturing and transportation of dangerous narcotics, which collectively have led to the overdose deaths of hundreds of thousands of American victims. This alliance endangers the national security of the United States, and we must eradicate the influence of these dangerous cartels,” the White House statement continued.
Where are the Democrats who yell about saving our Democracy? Trump’s moves are exactly that! This man is exactly what this country needs to at least root out a chunk of this over bloated government! This move to cut two trillion in unnecessary spending will help keep us in a lot better financial standing. This will bring down our deficits to around zero! Do you people understand? Biden’s last deficit was around $1.8 trillion dollars! That means the debt will climb so very slowly. This will be the start of erasing our debt! This is friggin great! Now all we have to do is keep the House and Senate and get another man who can think like Trump. Then the big thing is to get the useless Republican Party to stop their spending. If we can do these, the Democrats won’t be any problem and we will prosper, cut our debt, be safer, and be a power again.