President-elect Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo gave varying accounts of their migration conversation in posts shared online Wednesday (November 27).
Trump claimed that Pardo vowed to "stop migration" through her country in a post shared on his Truth Social account.
"Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo," Trump wrote. "She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern 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. It was a very productive conversation!"
Pardo, 62, Mexico's first female president, clarified the comments she made to Trump, claiming Mexico didn't intend to "close borders" rather "build bridges between governments and between peoples."
"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," Pardo's translated X post states. "Thanks to this, migrants and caravans are assisted before they reach the border. We reiterate that Mexico's position is not to close borders but to build bridges between governments and between peoples."
Pardo did, however, confirm that she informed Trump that migrant caravans crossing the U.S. border from Mexico "are being taken care of" in a separate X post.
"I had an excellent conversation with President Donald Trump," Pardo wrote in a translated post. "We discussed Mexico's strategy on the migration phenomenon and I shared that caravans are not arriving at the northern border because they are being taken care of in Mexico. We also discussed strengthening collaboration on security issues within the framework of our sovereignty and the campaign we are carrying out in the country to prevent the consumption of fentanyl."
Trump announced plans to implement a 25% tariff on Mexican imports this week in an effort to combat illegal immigration and drug smugling. Canada and China are also set to be hit with 25% and 10% tariffs, respectively, according to the president-elect.