Sheinbaum pushes back on Trump’s most recent remarks about her: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

At her Wednesday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum defended herself against a defamatory remark made by U.S. President Donald Trump.

She besides spoke astir her quality depletion habits and a nationalist pact that puts a headdress connected petrol prices.

The president had to support herself against different assertion by Trump that Mexico is “run by cartels” and “she’s precise scared.” (Mario Jasso/Cuartoscuro)

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Sept. 3 mañanera.

Sheinbaum erstwhile again rejects Trump’s assertion that she is ‘scared’ of cause cartels

A newsman noted that Trump claimed, erstwhile again, that Sheinbaum is “scared” of Mexico’s cause cartels.

Trump made the assertion successful an interrogation with the quality outlet The Daily Caller.

“So I similar the president precise much. I deliberation she’s a terrific woman. She’s really an astonishing pistillate successful some, successful definite ways, precise elegant, beautiful. But Mexico is tally by the cartels. It’s tally by the cartels. … I’ve offered to nonstop successful the military, and she doesn’t privation america to bash that due to the fact that she’s scared, she’s precise scared,” the U.S. president said.

Sheinbaum initially declined to remark connected Trump’s remarks, alternatively focusing connected her upcoming gathering with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which took spot astatine the National Palace connected Wednesday morning.

“Today determination volition beryllium a precise bully gathering with … Marco Rubio,” she said.

“I’m not going to participate the statement successful this case,” Sheinbaum said, noting that Trump antecedently accused her of being acrophobic of Mexico’s notorious cause cartels.

“We precise overmuch respect the Mexico-United States narration and President Trump,” she continued, earlier deciding to alteration people and connection a nationalist rejection of the U.S. president’s claim.

“This assertion helium makes is not true, but we volition support a bully relationship,” Sheinbaum said.

She subsequently thanked Trump for the bully things helium said astir her successful his interrogation with The Daily Caller this week.

Sheinbaum — ‘A voracious and captious user of information’

A newsman noted that the caput of the national government’s Digital Transformation Agency, José “Pepe” Merino, described the president arsenic “a voracious and captious user of information.”

She asked Sheinbaum astir Merino’s remark and however she keeps up to day with the news.

Sheinbaum said that 3 times a time she receives a “summary of what appears successful the media, what appears connected societal media and what immoderate [of Mexico’s political] commentators are saying.”

“I get it 3 times a day,” she stressed.

The president speechmaking her thrice-daily quality roundup. (claudia_shein/Instagram)

Sheinbaum said she besides checks societal media connected her telephone astatine astir midday, aft a speedy post-mañanera meal and assorted meetings.

She subsequently reminded reporters that she devoted a batch of her vocation to “numbers.”

“I studied physics and past I studied vigor engineering. And I was a UNAM prof and researcher for 20 years, with periods successful which I besides worked successful government,” Sheinbaum said, referring to her world vocation astatine the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

“So my caput is accustomed to making a speedy investigation of numbers. So I’m precise captious erstwhile a graph is presented to me. … Maybe that’s what Pepe was referring to,” she said.

Gasoline terms headdress woody renewed 

Sheinbaum confirmed that an statement betwixt the authorities and state presumption owners to headdress the terms of regular gasoline (Magna) astatine nary much than 24 pesos has been renewed.

A six-month statement took effect earlier successful the year.

Sheinbaum said that 98% of state presumption owners crossed Mexico are participating successful the voluntary pact.

She advised motorists not to wage much than 24 pesos for a liter of regular gasoline.

“You’ll ever find a work presumption … that has signed the agreement,” Sheinbaum said.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])