Trump showed ‘a lot of respect’ in first meeting, says Sheinbaum: Monday’s mañanera recapped

After attending the World Cup gully successful Washington, D.C., connected Friday and starring a rally successful Mexico City’s cardinal square, the Zócalo, connected Saturday, President Claudia Sheinbaum returned to the Treasury Hall of the National Palace connected Monday greeting to preside implicit her regular property conference.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Dec. 8 mañanera.

Sheinbaum acknowledgment Mexicans for attending her ‘7 years of transformation’ rally 

Asked astir the immense rally she led successful the Zócalo connected Saturday to people the seventh day of the “fourth transformation” (4T) governmental movement, Sheinbaum archetypal thanked everyone who attended the event.

The Mexico City authorities enactment the attendance astatine “more than 600,000 people,” a fig 35 times higher than the estimated turnout of 17,000 astatine a alleged “Generation Z” protestation against insecurity successful the superior connected Nov. 15.

“They came from the full republic,” said Sheinbaum.

“… [There was] a batch of enthusiasm, a batch of young people. A batch of young radical organized a march. … [There were] a batch of families, a batch of joy, the radical were happy,” she said.

On Saturday, President Sheinbaum led a well-attended rally successful Mexico City’s cardinal square, the Zócalo, to observe 7 years of her party’s governmental project. (Presidencia/Cuartoscuro)

During her code to a oversea of supporters successful the Zócalo, Sheinbaum said that successful 2018, the radical of Mexico “took a omniscient and brave determination to statesman a caller stage” successful Mexico, that of the country’s “rebirth” with Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) “at the front.”

The president, who took implicit the presumption of person of the 4T from AMLO 9 months earlier she won the statesmanlike predetermination successful 2024, besides said that Mexico has gone from being “a state governed by an oligarchy” to “a existent ideology wherever the authorities works for everyone, but particularly those who request the astir help.”

Meeting with Trump and Carney was ‘very friendly,’ says Sheinbaum

Sheinbaum told reporters that her gathering with U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney astatine the World Cup gully successful Washington D.C. past Friday was a “very friendly” affair.

Trump showed “a batch of respect toward Mexico” and “we’re ever going to convey him for that,” she said.

Trump said connected Sunday that he, Sheinbaum and Carney “spoke for a fractional hour.”

“Very good, precise productive, talked mostly trade,” said the U.S. president, who this twelvemonth has imposed tariffs connected a scope of imports from Mexico and Canada, undermining the USMCA escaped commercialized pact.

On Monday morning, Sheinbaum said that she is “convinced” that “Mexico ever has to question a bully narration with the United States for galore reasons.”

The reasons she cited were that:

• Mexico and the United States are neighbors.
• 40 cardinal Mexicans unrecorded successful the U.S. and “we ever person to support them.”
• It’s “better to scope agreements” than to person “confrontations.”

Sheinbaum told reporters connected Friday that she had spoken to Trump astir “a batch of issues,” but the 2026 USMCA reappraisal wasn’t 1 of them.

Asked whether she had invited Trump to Mexico, she responded:

“Yes. He besides invited maine to travel present [to Washington, D.C.] again. We’ll hold connected a date.”

Mexico’s week successful review: Sheinbaum draws Mexico’s World Cup destiny — and Trump’s praise

Sheinbaum reiterates that she won’t be World Cup opening successful CDMX 

After highlighting that the precocious Queen Elizabeth II and erstwhile Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff are the lone 2 pistillate heads of authorities to person participated successful a FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, and noting that nary president of a big state has ever been absent astatine “this inauguration,” a newsman asked Sheinbaum whether she would reconsider attending the lawsuit successful Mexico City adjacent year.

“No,” came the effect from the president, who has pledged to springiness her complimentary summons to a Mexican miss oregon young pistillate who wouldn’t different person the accidental to be the World Cup opener.

“I’m going to ticker the opening ceremonial with the radical successful the Zócalo,” Sheinbaum said.

“And I’m going to springiness my summons to idiosyncratic who would ne'er person the accidental to go. There’s thing incorrect with that. On the contrary, it represents who we are,” she said.

After the June 11 opening ceremonial astatine the Estadio Banorte (AKA Estadio Azteca) — a cavernous stadium successful confederate Mexico City that volition beryllium known arsenic Mexico City Stadium during the World Cup — Mexico’s nationalist team, El Tri, volition play South Africa successful the inaugural lucifer of the quadrennial tournament.

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