It’s Earth Day, and the White House is trying to fix a toxic and smelly environmental issue on the nation’s southern border.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that the Trump administration is urging the Mexican government to do more to stop sewage from flowing across the border and into the United States. She highlighted President Donald Trump’s desire to “do what’s right” for the environment.
During Tuesday’s press briefing, Leavitt responded to a question from Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan and discussed the work of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, who is in San Diego pushing for the Mexican government to stop the flow of sewage into the United States.
“Administrator Zeldin met with his Mexican counterpart to discuss steps Mexico needs to take to ensure the water entering the United States is clean and safe, and he’s holding a press conference in San Diego today with elected officials and local stakeholders on the Tijuana River sewage crisis,” Leavitt said. “I would also add from the president himself, he has always maintained he wants America to have the cleanest air and the cleanest water, and we want to do what’s right for our environment and for our earth.”
What does the White House have planned for Earth Day? @PressSec tells @MaryMargOlohan:
“[President Trump] has always maintained he wants America to have the cleanest air and the cleanest water, and we want to do what’s right for our environment and for our earth.” pic.twitter.com/nrNinIXu8A
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) April 22, 2025
Raw sewage from Mexico has traveled into the United States through the Tijuana River Watershed “for decades,” according to Zeldin, the New York Post reported. The issue has raised concerns about “beach closures, degradation of the Tijuana River Valley, and concerns of public health, air quality,” Zeldin added. Trump’s EPA administrator met with Mexican Environmental Secretary Alicia Bárcena to discuss the crisis.
Trump pushed to resolve the Tijuana sewage issue during his first administration, completing a $10.6 million project to prevent millions of gallons of sewage from entering the Tijuana River. Zeldin said on Monday that the crisis “needs to end.”
“[T]here’s nowhere more important for me to be tomorrow than on the border in California dealing with this very important public health and environmental crisis,” he added.
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It’s Earth Day, and the White House is trying to fix a toxic and smelly environmental issue on the nation’s southern border.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that the Trump administration is urging the Mexican government to do more to stop sewage from flowing across the border and into the United States. She highlighted President Donald Trump’s desire to “do what’s right” for the environment.
During Tuesday’s press briefing, Leavitt responded to a question from Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan and discussed the work of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, who is in San Diego pushing for the Mexican government to stop the flow of sewage into the United States.
“Administrator Zeldin met with his Mexican counterpart to discuss steps Mexico needs to take to ensure the water entering the United States is clean and safe, and he’s holding a press conference in San Diego today with elected officials and local stakeholders on the Tijuana River sewage crisis,” Leavitt said. “I would also add from the president himself, he has always maintained he wants America to have the cleanest air and the cleanest water, and we want to do what’s right for our environment and for our earth.”
What does the White House have planned for Earth Day? @PressSec tells @MaryMargOlohan:
“[President Trump] has always maintained he wants America to have the cleanest air and the cleanest water, and we want to do what’s right for our environment and for our earth.” pic.twitter.com/nrNinIXu8A
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) April 22, 2025
Raw sewage from Mexico has traveled into the United States through the Tijuana River Watershed “for decades,” according to Zeldin, the New York Post reported. The issue has raised concerns about “beach closures, degradation of the Tijuana River Valley, and concerns of public health, air quality,” Zeldin added. Trump’s EPA administrator met with Mexican Environmental Secretary Alicia Bárcena to discuss the crisis.
Trump pushed to resolve the Tijuana sewage issue during his first administration, completing a $10.6 million project to prevent millions of gallons of sewage from entering the Tijuana River. Zeldin said on Monday that the crisis “needs to end.”
“[T]here’s nowhere more important for me to be tomorrow than on the border in California dealing with this very important public health and environmental crisis,” he added.
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