President Donald Trump said that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has turned down his offer to deploy American troops into Mexico to fight against the country's drug cartels. Newsweek contacted the Mexican Foreign Ministry for comment on Monday via email outside of regular office hours.

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that she doesn’t want her communication with U.S. President Donald Trump to become an exchange of statements in the press in response to questions on Trump's offer to send U.