Overview

• President Trump told The Daily Caller that he likes President Claudia Sheinbaum and called her elegant and beautiful, yet asserted that cartels govern Mexico.
• Trump said he offered to send the U.S. military to fight cartels in Mexico and claimed Sheinbaum refused because she is afraid, presenting the refusal as his account.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit Mexico City on Sept. 3 in a trip expected to pursue signing a bilateral security agreement.
• Sheinbaum said cooperation focuses on information and intelligence with each side operating on its own territory, reaffirming opposition to foreign troops in Mexico.
• Reporting cited by the outlets says unnamed sources told The New York Times that Sheinbaum is exasperated by escalating U.S. security demands, even as her government has stepped up cross-border cooperation.