Trump wrote that the Mexican president had "agreed to stop Migration through Mexico...effectively closing our Southern Border."

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, President of Mexico, speaks during the National Agreement for the Human Right to Water and Sustainability, held at the Ecological Park of Xochimilco. on November 25, 2024 in Mexico City,

President-elect Donald Trump said he talked to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and they agreed to close their shared border, a claim Sheinbaum soon after appeared to reject. Trump said the countries will be “effectively closing our southern border.

Mexico’s president also warns Trump not to start a tariff war in a scathing letter blaming U.S. guns and American drug dependency for border problems.

The call between the leaders was reminiscent of a conversation Trump had a week after taking office for the first time with then-Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in 2017 in which he told him to stop telling the press Mexico would not be paying for a wall along the US southern border.

President-elect Trump said he had a “very productive” conversation with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. “Just had a wonderful conversation with the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke to President-elect Donald Trump after he threatened to impose tariffs and she hinted at retaliation in a letter.