President-elect Donald Trump claimed he has scored a big diplomatic win by getting Mexico to agree to block migrants from reaching the U.S. southern border.
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President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has agreed to stop immigrants from reaching the U.S. southern border through Mexico—signaling he had scored a major diplomatic and political win during a phone call with the Mexican leader—although Sheinbaum later clarified that her country’s position was not to close borders.Key Facts
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday evening, Trump said he had a “wonderful conversation” with Sheinbaum where she agreed to “stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.