President Donald Trump said Sunday that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is so afraid of drug cartels that “she can’t even think straight,” and that’s why she rejected his proposal to send American troops into Mexico to fight them.
Trump made the comments after he was asked whether news that he had made the offer was true. On Saturday, Sheinbaum said that she had turned down Trump’s offer because it would impugn Mexican sovereignty.
“It’s true,” Trump told reporters. “[The cartels] are horrible people that have been killing people left and right. They’ve made a fortune on selling drugs and destroying our people. We lost 300,000 people last year to fentanyl and drugs. They are bad news.”
“If Mexico wanted help with the cartels we would be honored to go in and do it,” he added. “I told her that, ‘I’d be honored to go in and do it.’ The cartels are trying to destroy our country. They are evil! And you know, we had 300,000 people die last year from fentanyl and all that. We had millions of people brought into this country that shouldn’t be here. The cartels brought them in.”
He said that he thought Sheinbaum was nice but that she refused American help because she was scared of the cartels.
“So if she said that I offered to do that, she’s 100 percent right,” Trump said. “She’s so afraid of the cartels she can’t walk so you know, that’s the reason. And I think she’s a lovely woman. The president of Mexico is a lovely woman. But she is so afraid of the cartels that she can’t even think straight.”
On Friday, it was reported that Sheinbaum and Trump got into a heated phone call last month after he pushed for the U.S. military to lead in the fight against cartels.
“He said, ‘How can we help you fight drug trafficking? I propose that the United States military come in and help you.’ And you know what I said to him? ‘No, President Trump,’” Sheinbaum said on Saturday, confirming the conversation.
“Sovereignty is not for sale. Sovereignty is loved and defended,” she added. “We can work together, but you in your territory and us in ours.”
Trump has designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and promised in a speech before Congress to “wage war” on them.
White House National Security Council spokesman James Hewitt said Saturday that while the United States-Mexico border had largely been secured, Mexico still needed to do more to crack down on drug cartels.
“Dangerous Foreign Terrorist Organizations, however, continue to threaten our shared security and the drugs and crime they spread threaten American communities across the country,” Hewitt said. “The President has been crystal clear that Mexico must do more to combat these gangs and cartels and the United States stands ready to assist and expand the already close cooperation between our two countries.”
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President Donald Trump said Sunday that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is so afraid of drug cartels that “she can’t even think straight,” and that’s why she rejected his proposal to send American troops into Mexico to fight them.
Trump made the comments after he was asked whether news that he had made the offer was true. On Saturday, Sheinbaum said that she had turned down Trump’s offer because it would impugn Mexican sovereignty.
“It’s true,” Trump told reporters. “[The cartels] are horrible people that have been killing people left and right. They’ve made a fortune on selling drugs and destroying our people. We lost 300,000 people last year to fentanyl and drugs. They are bad news.”
“If Mexico wanted help with the cartels we would be honored to go in and do it,” he added. “I told her that, ‘I’d be honored to go in and do it.’ The cartels are trying to destroy our country. They are evil! And you know, we had 300,000 people die last year from fentanyl and all that. We had millions of people brought into this country that shouldn’t be here. The cartels brought them in.”
He said that he thought Sheinbaum was nice but that she refused American help because she was scared of the cartels.
“So if she said that I offered to do that, she’s 100 percent right,” Trump said. “She’s so afraid of the cartels she can’t walk so you know, that’s the reason. And I think she’s a lovely woman. The president of Mexico is a lovely woman. But she is so afraid of the cartels that she can’t even think straight.”
On Friday, it was reported that Sheinbaum and Trump got into a heated phone call last month after he pushed for the U.S. military to lead in the fight against cartels.
“He said, ‘How can we help you fight drug trafficking? I propose that the United States military come in and help you.’ And you know what I said to him? ‘No, President Trump,’” Sheinbaum said on Saturday, confirming the conversation.
“Sovereignty is not for sale. Sovereignty is loved and defended,” she added. “We can work together, but you in your territory and us in ours.”
Trump has designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and promised in a speech before Congress to “wage war” on them.
White House National Security Council spokesman James Hewitt said Saturday that while the United States-Mexico border had largely been secured, Mexico still needed to do more to crack down on drug cartels.
“Dangerous Foreign Terrorist Organizations, however, continue to threaten our shared security and the drugs and crime they spread threaten American communities across the country,” Hewitt said. “The President has been crystal clear that Mexico must do more to combat these gangs and cartels and the United States stands ready to assist and expand the already close cooperation between our two countries.”
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