Mexico’s Sheinbaum reveals what she told Trump after rejecting offer of US troops

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed on Saturday that she rejected a proposal from President Donald Trump that included deploying U.S. troops in Mexico to fight against drug cartels.

Addressing a recent Wall Street Journal report that detailed a push from Trump to have the U.S. military take the lead in battling the violent drug cartels in Mexico, Sheinbaum said she responded by rejecting the offer and telling the U.S. president her country is “not for sale.”

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