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Friday, November 29, 2024

Amid threats of new tariffs, the incoming U.S. president said Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum had "agreed to stop migration."

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... n what looks like a case of "he said, she said," President-elect Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum appear to have starkly different recollections of a conversation that covered the hot-button issue of migration.

After the phone chat late Wednesday, Trump wrote on social media that the Mexican leader had agreed to stop immigration through Mexico and to the United States.

"Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border," he said in a post on Truth Social. "It was a very productive conversation!"

Sheinbaum's account differed from Trump's.

"In our conversation with President Trump, I explained to him the comprehensive strategy that Mexico has followed to address the migration phenomenon, respecting human rights," she said on X. "We reiterate that Mexico's position is not to close borders but instead build bridges between government and people." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-29 09:07 PM | Reply

She's intelligent, he's, "profoundly stupid"... no wonder there was a, 'fail-ure to communicate'.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2024-11-29 09:20 PM | Reply

@#2 ... he's, "profoundly stupid" ...

And Pres-elect Trump prevaricates.

A lot.

Lying seems to be in his DNA. OK, that opinion may now raise a lot of questions about his off-spring.

But I digress.


Yeah, that Pres-elect Trump and the President of Mexico can have a conversation, and Pres-elect Trump then comes away from that conversation with some imagined (and false?) outcome, is nothing short of frightening.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-29 09:31 PM | Reply

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