Sheinbaum proposes ‘general agreement’ with Trump after G7 return: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

In a caller interview, President Claudia Sheinbaum’s mother, Annie Pardo, expressed interest that her girl “doesn’t slumber overmuch due to the fact that she’s precise hard-working.”

Sheinbaum demonstrated that enactment ethic connected Wednesday greeting by appearing earlier reporters astatine the National Palace successful Mexico City not agelong aft she touched down connected a formation from Canada, wherever she attended the G7 Summit connected Tuesday.

“We arrived astir 2 hours ago,” she told the property corps.

Sheinbaum said she slept “a small bit” connected her overnight formation from Vancouver, earlier getting connected with proceedings astatine her Wednesday mañanera.

Sheinbaum elaborates connected her telephone with Trump 

Sheinbaum erstwhile again acknowledged that United States President Donald Trump near the G7 Summit aboriginal “due to the concern successful the Middle East.”

“You already cognize the absorption present … [claimed] it had thing to bash with us,” she said.

To “make up for” the cancelation of the projected bilateral gathering successful Canada, Sheinbaum said that arrangements were made for a telephone telephone with Trump connected Tuesday afternoon.

She said connected societal media connected Tuesday that she had a “very bully telephone conversation” with the U.S. president, and that they “agreed to enactment unneurotic to soon scope an statement connected assorted issues that interest america today.”

Tuve una muy buena conversación telefónica con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, quien maine comunicó que ayer salió de emergencia por la situación en Medio Oriente. Coincidimos en trabajar juntos para llegar pronto a un acuerdo en diversos temas que hoy nos preocupan.

— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) June 17, 2025

On Wednesday, Sheinbaum said that Trump apologized for not being capable to be the scheduled bilateral gathering successful Canada. She said that Trump adjacent asked her whether she could driblet by Washington, D.C., connected her mode backmost to Mexico.

Sheinbaum said she told him that she hadn’t planned to bash truthful and that, successful addition, she has “a batch of things” to be to successful Mexico. She besides said she told Trump that determination would beryllium different accidental for them to meet.

“I made a proposition to him successful the consciousness that we’ve reached galore agreements,” Sheinbaum added.

“Today we person a [shared] borderline that is overmuch much secure, determination is an statement successful presumption of security, … successful migration [to the United States] determination is simply a precise ample reduction. … So I asked him wherefore we don’t person a wide agreement, an statement that has to bash with security, with migration, and besides with trade,” she said.

“This has thing to bash with maintaining the escaped commercialized statement … which volition beryllium reviewed successful immoderate case,” Sheinbaum said, referring to the USMCA.

“But alternatively that, astatine this time, we could scope a wide agreement” betwixt Mexico and the United States, she said.

“I besides mentioned to him the value of recognizing Mexicans successful the United States; Mexicans, Mexican families that person been surviving successful the United States for years, that enactment for the United States,” Sheinbaum said.

“… He knows astir these families. I raised it with him and helium said, ‘It’s true, determination are a batch of Mexican families that enactment for the bully of our country,'” she said.

“So I suggested this wide statement and helium agreed,” Sheinbaum said.

She didn’t accidental whether her authorities would importune connected the removal of tariffs connected Mexican steel, aluminum and cars arsenic portion of a “general agreement” betwixt Mexico and the U.S., but it would beryllium logical for it to bash so.

The squad that accompanied Sheinbaum astatine the G7 included Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard, Security Minister Omar García Harfuch and Finance Minister Edgar Amador. (@m_ebrard/X)

Sheinbaum did enactment that Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard volition question to Washington to conscionable connected Friday with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to sermon “outstanding commercialized issues,” i.e. the aforementioned tariffs.

“It was a bully conversation,” she said, referring to what she noted was a treatment of astir 20 minutes with Trump.

“The cabinet, the ministers who went with maine [to Canada] were present,” Sheinbaum added.

Sheinbaum reveals she had a little speech with UN secretary-general 

Sheinbaum told reporters that she spoke to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for a “moment” erstwhile she and different leaders and officials were waiting to airs for their authoritative radical photo. 

“He’s acrophobic astir the planetary concern and the value of gathering peace,” she said.

‘Everyone spoke precise good of Mexico’

A newsman asked the president what different satellite leaders astatine the G7 Summit told her astir “how they see” Mexico successful an economical sense.

“They each spot Mexico successful a precise bully light,” Sheinbaum said.

“There were a batch of acknowledgements, adjacent praise successful immoderate cases astir what is happening successful Mexico, the value of what’s occurring, the economical value our state has,” she said.

“… Everyone spoke precise good of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

“… Some radical don’t privation to judge it, it annoys them, but Mexico is precise good regarded each implicit the world. We are a large country,” she said.

On her instrumentality from the G7, the president emphasized connected Wednesday however good everyone speaks of Mexico. (Presidencia/Cuartoscuro)

“There should not beryllium these complexes of [Mexican] presidents successful days gone by who didn’t emotion Mexico, who didn’t consciousness proud. When 1 is arrogant of his oregon her homeland, of his oregon her people, it is transmitted to the full world,” Sheinbaum said.

Why does Sheinbaum alert commercial?

Sheinbaum flew to Canada with Air Canada, reaching Calgary — located eastbound of Kananaskis, wherever the G7 Summit was held — aft a layover successful Vancouver.

She besides flew commercialized erstwhile she traveled to Brazil past twelvemonth to be the G20 Summit.

Former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador sold Mexico’s statesmanlike level to the authorities of Tajikistan successful 2023, but Sheinbaum has connected juncture made usage of subject aircraft, specified arsenic erstwhile she flew to Honduras successful April to be the acme of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.

Asked connected Wednesday greeting astir disapproval of her taking commercialized flights, the president responded:

“Look, if I went successful an service plane, I would beryllium criticized. If I went successful a navy plane, I would beryllium criticized. If I spell successful a commercialized plane, I’m criticized. If I question successful a car successful Mexico City, I’m criticized. If I question successful an SUV [during tours] successful the country, I’m criticized. So what I’m saying is that those who don’t hold [with me] volition usage immoderate statement to criticize.”

Sheinbaum offered an mentation of 1 “important” crushed wherefore she chooses to question connected commercialized airlines.

“You isolate yourself erstwhile you alert connected service flights,” she said.

“… But traveling connected a commercialized formation gives you an thought of the reception of the citizenry toward you, adjacent though it’s [only] 1 assemblage [of the population] that flies successful the country,” Sheinbaum said.

“The immense bulk of radical successful Mexico don’t person entree to flying successful a plane,” she said.

“So, this connection with radical is important. And the information is that until now, the reception of each Mexicans, adjacent foreigners who admit us, has been precise good,” Sheinbaum said.

A Brazilian mode of greeting oregon misogyny?

A newsman noted that immoderate journalists and absorption enactment lawmakers described Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arsenic a “misogynist” due to the fact that of the mode helium greeted Sheinbaum astatine the G7 Summit. The 79-year-old Brazilian president placed his hands connected the Mexican president’s cheeks erstwhile greeting her.

Sheinbaum disagreed with the “misogynist” mentation of Lula’s tactile salutation.

“Brazilians and peculiarly President Lula clasp everyone that way,” she said.

Sheinbaum told reporters that if they saw the mode successful which the Brazilian president greets people, they would recognize his placing of his hands connected a person’s cheeks is “an look of friendship.”

“I don’t instrumentality it arsenic thing offensive,” Sheinbaum said.

“… It’s a mode of him expressing himself. … He didn’t conscionable bash it with maine due to the fact that I’m a woman, but with different radical arsenic well. He embraced them successful the aforesaid way,” she said.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])