Sheinbaum’s ‘productive’ and ‘friendly’ call with Trump: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum held her Thursday greeting property league aft speaking by telephone to U.S. President Donald Trump.

“It was a cordial, affable call, and it lasted astir 40 minutes,” she told reporters astatine the opening of the mañanera.

Trump besides referred to the telephone successful affirmative terms, penning connected societal media that it was “very productive” and “went highly good for some countries.”

“Much of it was focused connected the Border, stopping Drug Trafficking, and Trade. We volition beryllium speaking again, soon, and ultimately, mounting up meetings successful our respective Countries. Mexico has a fantastic and highly intelligent Leader — They should beryllium precise blessed astir that!” helium wrote connected Truth Social.

The speech came 17 days aft Sheinbaum and Trump discussed information issues successful a Jan. 12 call.

On Thursday morning, Sheinbaum said that she and her U.S. counterpart discussed “various issues,” including commercialized and security.

Trump praised Sheinbaum arsenic “wonderful and highly intelligent” aft a 40-minute telephone that some leaders described successful affirmative terms. (Truth Social)

“While we were speaking, his woman arrived, Melania. So I had the accidental to accidental hullo to her. You already cognize that I met her successful Washington erstwhile we were astatine the FIFA thing,” she said, referring to the World Cup gully successful December.

Sheinbaum: Trump acknowledged that Mexico is making advancement connected information issues 

Sheinbaum told reporters that Trump agreed with her that Mexico is making advancement connected a scope of information issues.

The presidents’ speech connected Thursday came 9 days aft the Sheinbaum medication sent 37 cartel figures to the United States, the 3rd ample transportation of prisoners from Mexico to the U.S. since the existent Mexican authorities took office.

Sheinbaum said that Trump was “totally aware” of the latest transfer.

Sheinbaum: Trump didn’t talk astir a US involution against cartels successful Mexico   

A newsman noted that Trump has spoken astir the United States’ volition to commencement attacking cartels connected land, and asked the president whether helium “insisted” connected specified “interventions” during the call.

“No,” Sheinbaum responded.

“On the contrary, we agreed that [things are] going precise well. We’re making a batch of advancement connected the contented of security,” she said.

Sheinbaum has precocious been touting the simplification successful homicides successful Mexico, including during her Jan. 12 telephone with Trump. However, the accuracy of the national government’s information connected homicides has been questioned by information experts and non-governmental organizations.

Is information successful Mexico improving oregon are the numbers being manipulated?

Sheinbaum: Trade negotiations with US are going well 

Sheinbaum told reporters that Mexico’s commercialized talks with the United States are going well.

“There’s thing factual yet, but things are progressing precise well,” she said.

Mexico is seeking alleviation from tariffs the Trump medication has imposed connected a scope of Mexican goods including steel, aluminum and vehicles.

Meanwhile, the Mexican and U.S. governments agreed connected Wednesday to “begin ceremonial discussions connected imaginable structural and strategical reforms successful the discourse of the archetypal USMCA Joint Review,” according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

Sheinbaum acknowledged that announcement, and said that Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard — who met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer connected Wednesday — volition supply much details adjacent week.

Sheinbaum advocated for attraction of trilateral commercialized pact

Sheinbaum said that she and Trump discussed Canada during her call, and noted that she spoke successful favour of “maintaining the agreement” — the USMCA — “with the 3 countries.”

Tension betwixt the United States and Canada has precocious increased, and Trump successful the past has floated the thought of the U.S. entering into bilateral commercialized pacts with each of its neighbors.

Canada’s increasing region from the U.S. was connected show astatine Prime Minister Mark Carney’s caller World Economic Forum address, wherever helium called connected mediate powers to unite successful a wide rebuke of the existent U.S. administration. (World Economic Forum)

However, adjacent if Mexico, the United States and Canada don’t hold to widen the USMCA during this year’s reappraisal process, the pact would not beryllium terminated until 2036.

Sheinbaum: Neither Cuba nor the apprehension of Ryan Wedding were discussed successful telephone with Trump

Sheinbaum said that she and Trump didn’t sermon “the contented of Cuba.”

Bloomberg reported connected Monday that Mexico’s authorities lipid institution Pemex had canceled plans to nonstop a shipment of crude lipid to Cuba this month. Sheinbaum didn’t contradict the report, but stressed that Mexico makes its ain sovereign decisions regarding lipid shipments to Cuba — i.e. not nether immoderate duress from the United States.

On Thursday, she indicated that Mexico would proceed to nonstop lipid to Cuba arsenic “humanitarian aid.”

Sheinbaum besides told reporters that she and Trump didn’t talk astir the apprehension successful Mexico past week of alleged cause brag Ryan Wedding.

At her property conference, however, she responded to a Wall Street Journal study that referred to “the FBI’s engagement successful the Jan. 22 operation” to seizure Wedding. (Read Mexico News Daily’s study here.)

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