Sheinbaum Pushes Back on Trump, Insists US Won’t Strike Mexico

President Claudia Sheinbaumagain ruled out a US military intervention in Mexico, pushing back on the latest suggestion of unilateral action from President Donald Trump.

“It won’t happen,” Sheinbaum said emphatically on Tuesday, responding to the US leader’s comments a day earlier that he may even deploy ground troops to Mexico to combat drug smuggling.

Claudia Sheinbaum

Photographer: Stephania Corpi/Bloomberg

Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump added that he’s “not happy” with Mexico in wide-ranging comments that also touched on possible US military action against Venezuela and Colombia. The remarks hit Mexico’s peso currency.

Sheinbaum said Trump has repeatedly offered US ...