Trump, Sheinbaum extend mutual invitations for visits after Washington meeting.
WASHINGTON— Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that she and President Trump had a “cordial” hour-long meeting in Washington that ended with both leaders extending invitations to visit each other’s countries.
“We will adjust the date later,” Sheinbaum told reporters outside the Mexican Cultural Institute.
The meeting was the first time the two met face to face and After months of conflict between the USA and Mexico A lot contentious issues such as trade, immigration and how to combat drug trafficking.
But on Friday, two world leaders came together over football.
Sheinbaum was in Washington with Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center. The football tournament, which will start in June, is co-hosted by the USA, Mexico and Canada.
In the social media post, Sheinbaum said the three leaders talked about “the great opportunity the 2026 FIFA World Cup represents for our three countries and the good relations we have.”
“We agreed with our teams to continue working together on trade,” he added.
He later reiterated to reporters that the meeting was “very positive” and impressed on Trump that Mexico was an “extraordinary” country. He said he personally invited her to visit Mexico and he extended his invitation to come back to Washington.
When asked if Trump asked him anything, he said “nothing in particular.”
After months of friction between the two countries, Friday’s meeting could break the ice and set the stage for policy talks as both presidents deal with pressure from their respective voters.
Since the start of his second term in January, Trump has threatened to impose major trade tariffs on Mexico, the United States’ largest trading partner; but so far Sheinbaum has managed to avoid many tariffs.
Trump and his team are also raising the possibility of the United States launching attacks on suspected criminals and drug laboratories in Mexico. But Sheinbaum insisted he would not allow the US military to fight drug cartels within its borders.
The ongoing negotiations come as Mexicans’ attitudes toward Trump and the United States have changed. It continued to sour. In contrast, Mexicans continue to view their government’s border management positively. According to a Pew Research Center report It was published in July.
Optimistic post- The results of Friday’s meeting belied deep disagreements between the leaders of the two countries, which share a nearly 2,000-mile border and share deep economic, security and cultural ties.
The two North American presidents couldn’t be more different: Sheinbaum is a scientist and a lifelong left-wing activist with a low-key attitude; Trump is a real estate agent who embraces right-wing talk and craves the spotlight.
Sheinbaum has had to walk a fine line as he battles Trump’s repeated threats to impose punitive tariffs on imports from Mexico, which is heavily dependent on cross-border trade with the United States.
He also rejected Trump’s suggestions that US forces could unilaterally intervene in Mexico to attack drug cartels. Even as Trump reflected on the gang strike in Mexico, he maintained his mantra of “cooperation, not compliance.”
Trump praised Sheinbaum as “wonderful” and “brave” in various statements, while also explaining that he refused U.S. military aid to fight the Mexican cartels because he was “scared to death” of the cartels.
You have Sheinbaum was attacked The United States has attacked boats allegedly smuggling drugs in the Caribbean and Pacific, killing dozens of people. He also declared that Mexico opposed US military intervention in Venezuela or anywhere in Latin America.
Mexico’s president has repeatedly insisted that his country will be “nobody’s piñata.”
Throughout his career, Trump has long used Mexico and Mexicans as a political punching bag to appeal to anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States. Trump launched his 2016 presidential campaign by declaring that Mexican immigrants were criminals, drug traffickers and “rapists” — but acknowledged there were some “good people” among them — and repeatedly promised to build a “big beautiful wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border. That Mexico will pay for. It didn’t happen.
Following Friday’s meeting, US Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson told
Staff Writers Ceballos reported from Washington and McDonnell from Mexico City.
