Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum Canada “could only wish they had the cultural wealth of Mexico” after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on both countries over the flow of migrants and drugs into the US.
Shenbaum made this comment after that. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to Washington, told The Associated Press that Trump joined Trump for dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, during which he spoke to the president-elect about his border concerns.
“The message that our border is very different from the border with Mexico,” Hillman said Sunday.
Sheinbaum then told the AP the next day that “Mexico should be respected, especially by its trading partners,” adding that Canada has its own problems with fentanyl consumption and that “it’s just May wish they had the cultural wealth of Mexico.”
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U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border last fiscal year, compared to 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border.
On immigration, the US Border Patrol made 56,530 arrests at the Mexican border in October alone, compared to just 23,721 at the Canadian border between October 2023 and September 2024. During the same period, US Customs and Border Protection reported 1.53 million encounters. Immigrants on the Southwest Border with Mexico.
“As everyone knows, thousands of people are coming through Mexico and Canada, bringing crime and drugs to levels never seen before.” Trump wrote last week. On social truth.
“On January 20th, as one of my first of many executive orders, I will sign all the necessary documents to impose a 25% tariff on all products coming into the United States and its absurdly open borders to Mexico and Canada. This tariff will remain in place until drugs, especially fentanyl, and all illegal aliens stop this invasion of our country!” Trump added.
Trump says Mexico will stop immigration after talks with Mexican president over tariff threats
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Friday to discuss the economy, illegal immigration and a proposed 25 percent tariff. (Justin Trudeau x)
Sheinbaum also told the AP that during his conversation with Trump last week, he “agreed” that Mexico wanted to focus on intelligence sharing in counter-narcotics efforts, noting that “he said that in his opinion it was good.”
However, he said Mexico would reject any direct U.S. intervention in Mexico and would continue to enforce the strict sanctions imposed by his predecessor on U.S. law enforcement agencies in Mexico.
Mexican President Claudia Schönbaum addresses supporters in Mexico City on October 1. (AP/Fernando Llano)
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“It will be maintained,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.