With his threatened Mexican tariffs now on the backburner, Trump was looking to claim victory even as some of his Democratic challengers for the White House criticized him for overselling a deal that mostly ramps up existing efforts
1 / 11TrumpPresident Donald Trump talks with reporters before departing on Marine One for the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Washington. STERLING, Va. — Stung by criticism that his deal to avert threatened Mexican tariffs mostly ramps up existing efforts, President Donald Trump is insisting there's more to it than meets the eye.
White House officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment about what Trump was referencing. And Trump would not say during a call-in interview with CNBC Monday morning. But he could be alluding to the idea of Mexico becoming a"safe third country," which would make it harder for asylum-seekers who pass through the country from other places to claim refuge in the U.S.
It included a commitment from Mexico, for instance, to deploy its new National Guard to the country's southern border with Guatemala. Mexico, however, had already intended to do that before Trump's latest threat and had made that clear to U.S. officials. Mexican officials have described their commitment as an accelerated deployment.
"We have been trying to get some of these Border Actions for a long time, as have other administrations, but were not able to get them, or get them in full, until our signed agreement with Mexico," he tweeted Sunday, adding during a call-in interview with CNBC Monday morning that officials had"talked about it for months and months and months," but couldn't reach agreement until the threat.
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