President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has received assurances from Mexico’s new president that she will “stop migration” though her country and into the US.
“Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border,” the president-elect added.
Trump, 78, noted that in his “very productive conversation” with Pardo they also discussed illegal drugs coming into the US from south of the border.
“We also talked about what can be done to stop the massive drug inflow into the United States, and also, U.S. consumption of these drugs,” he said.
“It was a very productive conversation!”
Trump announced earlier this week that he planned to slap a 25% tariff on Mexican imports in an effort to get the country to crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling.