Mexican president's brutal reaction to Trump's offer to send US troops

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Her remarks to supporters in eastern Mexico came in response to a Wall Street Journal article published the day before, describing a tense phone call last month in which Trump reportedly pressured her to accept a bigger role for the US military in combating drug cartels in Mexico.
45% : "No, President Trump, the territory is sacrosanct, sovereignty is sacrosanct, sovereignty is not for sale, sovereignty is loved and defended,"' the Mexican president said.
45% : Trump agreed to pause his tariffs in exchange for Mexico reinforcing their side of the border with 10,000 members of Mexico's National Guard in February.
42% : Sheinbaum added that while the two countries can collaborate, 'we will never accept the presence of the United States military in our territory.' White House National Security Council spokesman James Hewitt said in a statement later on Saturday that Trump has worked closely with Mexico's president 'to achieve the most secure southwest border in history.' 'Dangerous Foreign Terrorist Organizations, however, continue to threaten our shared security and the drugs and crime they spread threaten American communities across the country,' the statement said.
42% : '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.' Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Saturday that President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but that she rejected it Describing a tense phone call last month, Trump reportedly pressured her to accept a bigger role for the US military in combating drug cartels in Mexico The council spokesperson added that Trump had worked closely with Sheinbaum to achieve the 'most secure southwest border in history', however, 'dangerous foreign terrorist organizations continue to threaten our shared security and the drugs and crime they spread threaten American communities across the country,' the spokesperson said.
37% : The Wall Street Journal reported ho tension between the two leaders rose towards the end of an April 16 telephone conversation when Trump pushed to have US armed forces take a leading role in tackling Mexican drug gangs that produce and smuggle fentanyl to the US.
31% : Her hardline stance signaled that US pressure for unilateral military intervention would put her and Trump on a collision course after months of cooperation on immigration and trade.
30% : You just can't.' Trump has said publicly that the US would take unilateral military action if Mexico failed to dismantle drug cartels.
29% : 'In one of the calls, Trump said, "How can we help you fight drug trafficking?
26% : Sheinbaum went on to explain that during one of the calls she had asked Trump for help to prevent weapons from entering Mexico from the United States that fuel violence and trafficking.
25% : In her appearance Saturday, Sheinbaum said she had urged Trump to stop the cross-border arms trafficking that has contributed to a wave of violence lasting nearly two decades, claiming more than 450,000 lives in Mexico.
22% : Border Patrol agents tour the El Paso, Texas, border with Mexico alongside Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Trump angered Mexicans in early March when he said America's southern neighbor was 'dominated entirely by criminal cartels that murder, rape, torture and exercise total control... posing a grave threat to (US) national security.' Trump has also long complained that Mexico has not done enough to stop the trafficking of migrants and drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.
21% : Trump designated many of the gangs and cartels including the Sinaloa Cartel smuggling drugs into the US as foreign terrorist organizations on February 19, restricting their movements and lending law enforcement more resources to act against them.
20% : Trump himself said in an interview last week with conservative outlet The Blaze that he had offered to help Mexico fight the drug cartels, but that he had been turned down. Without providing details, Trump told his interviewer: 'You could say at some point maybe something's gonna have to happen.
20% : Trump, on his part, has complained repeatedly about cross-border drug smuggling and has pressured Mexico to crack down on criminal cartels.
20% : Trump, on his part, has complained repeatedly about cross-border drug smuggling and has pressured Mexico to crack down on criminal cartels.

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