Trump Goes Against Mexico at the G7; Accuses Sheinbaum of Being a ‘Scared’ Woman

ByMexico Solidarity

This article by the La Jornada editorial staff originally appeared in the June 17, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Mexico City. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, on Wednesday accused his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum, of being “a scared woman” and accused the government of Mexico of “having lost control of the country,” during his closing speech at the G7 summit being held in Evian, France.

“Mexico has lost control of its country. The cartels control Mexico, it’s sad. The President is a very good woman, but she’s a very scared woman,” Trump declared.

The President reiterated that Washington will focus on attacking drug trafficking by land: “We’ve done a great job. Now we’re going to focus on the land. The drugs pass through Mexico,” and assured that the figures of narcotics that enter the country through the southern border “have decreased by 61 percent and by 97.2 percent those that arrive through the water, the sea.”

“We signed an agreement to intensify coordination against drug trafficking… Stopping drug trafficking is crazy. It comes through Mexico, it comes through the southern border, the little that comes through it. They find a way, they’re geniuses… if they used that genius for good, they would be very rich people. They have it in engines, they have it in wheel covers, they have it in areas you wouldn’t imagine. They have it in the structures of cars,” he added.