According to President Sheinbaum, Mexico has cut a deal with the U.S. to delay the tariffs.
Under the deal, she said Mexico is sending another 10,000 members of its national guard to the southern border to combat drug traffickers and illegal immigration, while the U.S. has agreed to do more to prevent the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) February 3, 2025
Trump confirmed the delay in a Truth Social post but said a “deal” still needed to be agreed to, and he did not mention high-powered weapons:
Mexico has made similar agreements without the threat of tariffs. Here in 2021 they agreed to surge the same number of troops to help with migrationhttps://t.co/lskmhUT4fb
Here in 2022 they agreed to invest an additional $1.5bhttps://t.co/EzkrFruD6R
Here in 2023 were 15…
— Sam Stein (@samstein) February 3, 2025
Though he’ll surely declare victory anyway, this isn’t much of a substantive win for Trump or his tactics.
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