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West Palm Beach, Fla. But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Mexico was already doing its part and had no interest in closing its borders.

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The two spoke just days after Trump threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Canada and Mexico as part of his effort to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs — a threat that drew a prompt and terse response from Sheinbaum, who said any U. Trump said in his social media posts that Sheinbaum had "agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.

Sheinbaum indicated on social media , however, that she'd "explained" to Trump that Mexico is already "taking care of" migrant caravans, calling it an "excellent conversation," but indicating no major changes in her government's policies. Thanks to this, migrants and caravans are assisted before they reach the border," the Mexican leader wrote. Trump's social media posts about the borders — describing what he called "a wonderful conversation" with Sheinbaum and suggesting Mexico had made concessions in the wake of his tariff threat — did move financial markets.

Even if the proposed tariffs fail to materialize, Trump may argue to his supporters that the mere possibility of them is an effective policy tool, and continue to rely on tariff threats. But the only new policy clearly referenced by either leader in their social media posts Wednesday was a vow by Trump to launch a new national ad campaign warning against the dangers of fentanyl use.

Sheinbaum had said in her message that she and Trump, "also talked about reinforcing cooperation on security issues, within the framework of our sovereignty, and the campaign we are carrying out to prevent fentanyl consumption.

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In his third, rapid-fire post on his own Truth Social platform about their conversation, the president-elect said he would be "working on a large scale United States Advertising Campaign, explaining how bad Fentanyl is for people to use — Millions of lives being so needlessly destroyed. By the time the Campaign is over, everyone will know how really bad the horror of this Drug is.

Biden while visiting a firehouse Thursday was critical of Trump's plan. Biden told reporters. The last thing we need to do is begin to screw up those relationships," Mr.