Sheinbaum to make first US trip as president Friday: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

Mexican workers who tuned into President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Wednesday greeting property league had origin for celebration.

Labor Minister Marath Bolaños announced that the minimum wage volition summation by 13% successful 2026 (read MND’s communicative here) and presented a connection to trim Mexico’s modular workweek to 40 hours by 2030 (read MND’s communicative here).

Later successful the mañanera, Sheinbaum revealed that she is readying to question to the U.S. this week, and spoke astir wherefore she selected 3 women arsenic candidates to go Mexico’s adjacent lawyer general. On Wednesday afternoon, the Senate elected Ernestina Godoy arsenic the lawyer general.

Toward the extremity of her property conference, Sheinbaum commented connected a opus that has helped disseminate 1 of her cardinal acquisition priorities.

Sheinbaum to spell to DC for World Cup draw, whitethorn person ‘brief meeting’ with Trump  

Sheinbaum indicated that she volition question to Washington, D.C. for the 2026 FIFA World Cup gully this Friday, telling reporters that she believed she would spell and that “everything seems to bespeak that we’re going.”

U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney volition beryllium astatine the draw, which volition find which countries volition play each different successful the radical signifier of the 48-team tourney that volition beryllium co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada adjacent June and July.

#EnLaMañanera | La presidenta Sheinbaum confirma que asistirá al sorteo del Mundial 2026, a realizarse en Washington D.C. el 5 de diciembre: “es buen momento para estar juntos, dando esta imagen de que América del Norte y nuestro compromiso comercial sigue adelante” pic.twitter.com/gZUyWUx1sv

— El Financiero (@ElFinanciero_Mx) December 3, 2025

Sheinbaum said she would supply much details astir her travel to the U.S. superior connected Thursday. She said that the draw, which volition instrumentality spot astatine the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, volition beryllium a “very short” event.

Sheinbaum said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was notified by the U.S. Department of State that “President Trump would beryllium blessed to invited america there.”

She besides said that she spoke to FIFA president Giovanni Infantino connected Tuesday. Infantino, a Swiss-born shot head who met with Sheinbaum successful Mexico City successful August, volition besides beryllium astatine the draw.

Sheinbaum said that the gully provides a bully accidental for the presidents of Mexico and the United States, and the premier curate of Canada, to get unneurotic and contiguous “the representation that North America and our commercialized statement are moving forward.”

The USMCA escaped commercialized pact volition acquisition a ceremonial reappraisal process successful 2026.

Asked whether she would conscionable separately with Trump successful Washington D.C., Sheinbaum said that hadn’t been determined. If a gathering were to instrumentality place, it would beryllium “very brief,” she said.

Sheinbaum has not yet met look to look with Trump, though the 2 leaders person spoken connected the telephone connected galore occasions.

Trade and security would apt beryllium the main focuses of a bilateral gathering betwixt the 2 presidents. The Trump medication has imposed tariffs connected a scope of imports from Mexico this year, and the Mexican authorities has been lobbying U.S. officials for months arsenic it seeks to execute amended trading conditions with its largest commercialized partner.

Sheinbaum selects 3 women arsenic candidates for lawyer wide role 

Sheinbaum told reporters that she selected 3 pistillate candidates arsenic imaginable replacements for Alejandro Gertz Manero, who resigned arsenic national lawyer wide past week.

“I already sent the abbreviated database [to the Senate], they’re 3 women,” she said.

The 3 women considered for the occupation were:

• Ernestina Godoy, a erstwhile Mexico City lawyer wide and ineligible advisor to President Sheinbaum. Godoy was appointed interim lawyer wide aft Gertz’s resignation.
• Luz María Zarza Delgado, a erstwhile ineligible manager astatine authorities lipid institution Pemex.
• Maribel Bojorges Beltrán, a erstwhile anti-corruption authoritative successful México state.

Ernestina Godoy was formerly the lawyer wide of Mexico City and volition present beryllium the lawyer wide of the nation. (Cuartoscuro)

Asked wherefore she lone considered women to regenerate Gertz, Sheinbaum — Mexico’s archetypal pistillate president — responded with a succinct operation that she commonly uses:

“It’s clip for women.”

On Wednesday afternoon, Godoy — who is adjacent to Sheinbaum — was elected lawyer wide by the Senate. Ninety-seven senators supported her appointment, portion 19 opposed it and determination were 11 invalid votes.

Sheinbaum remarks go viral song 

A newsman noted that young radical are readying a “perreo por la paz” (twerking for peace) gathering to coincide with the alleged pro-government “Marcha del Tigre” (Tiger March) successful Mexico City this Saturday.

He said that those who be the perreo lawsuit volition creation to a viral opus that includes Sheinbaum saying, “Primero hay que construir más preparatorias que queden cerca de la casa” (First we person to physique much precocious schools adjacent that are adjacent to people’s homes).

The president promptly called for the opus to beryllium played.

“This is simply a miss from Jalisco,” she said, referring to the young pistillate who appears successful the video clip for the song.

@radio_formula 🎤📚 Claudia Sheinbaum se vuelve viral: jóvenes le cantan tema creado de su propio discurso#tiktokmehizover #tiktokinforma #México #Sheinbaum #Viral #Cancion ♬ sonido archetypal – Radio Fórmula

“At an event, I don’t adjacent cognize if it was during the [presidential] run oregon arsenic president, I said: ‘We person to physique much precocious schools that are adjacent to people’s homes.’ That’s precisely what I said astatine a rally, … I said: ‘We person to physique much precocious schools that are adjacent to people’s homes truthful that upon leaving mediate schoolhouse you spell straight to precocious school,'” Sheinbaum said.

“… And this miss from Jalisco made this video and it went viral. Now I spell places and young radical sing the opus to me,” she said.

“Why did it spell viral? From my constituent of presumption [it was] evidently the creativity of this miss who made this video. But secondly, it’s due to the fact that it’s a necessity,” Sheinbaum said, referring to the request to person precocious schools that are easy accessible to the nation’s young people.

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