Trump wrote that the Mexican president had "agreed to stop Migration through Mexico...effectively closing our Southern Border."

President-elect Donald Trump said he talked to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and they agreed to close their shared border, a claim Sheinbaum soon after appeared to reject. Trump said the countries will be “effectively closing our southern border.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Mexico was already doing its part and had no interest in closing its borders.