Mexican President Sheinbaum Again Rejects Presence Of U.S. Troops In The Country: 'We Don't Accept Them'

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum again rejected there are any chances of the U.S. sending troops or conducting unilateral strikes in the country after U.S. counterpart Donald Trump said he was "ok" with such a scenario.

"I have told them in every conversation that we can collaborate, that they can help us with the information they have, but that we operate in our territory. We don't accept intervention from a foreign government," Sheinbaum said during a passage of her daily press conference.

She went on to say that the U.S. has previously said it won't intervene unless Mexico specifically requests it. "We aren't going to ask for it because we do not want intervention from any foreign government," Sheinbaum emphasized.

The comments come a day after Trump was asked at the Oval Office about potentially "launching strikes in Mexico or putting American troops or personnel" in the country.

"Whatever we have to do to stop drugs. There are big problems in Mexico City. If we have to do there what we've done in the waterways... there are almost no drugs coming through the waterways. Isn't it down like 85%?" Trump said.

Trump's claim also contradicted a statement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said "we're not going to take unilateral action and send American forces into Mexico. But we can help them with equipment, training, intelligence sharing. They have to ask for it."