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Mexico/Canada conceding by restating actions they had already agreed to months ago?

Conceded _more_, i.e. CAN adding fentanyl czar, whatever that entails, MX adding another 10k troops. Western reporting alleged PRC would offer restoring phase1 trade, but PRC did the opposite and counter tariffed, on energy and agriculture goods, so relative to CAN/MX it's escalating/rejecting or no sign of conceding.

Is there a primary source for sending "additional troops" by Mexico? All I found was the twitter post from Mexico's president:

https://x.com/Claudiashein/status/1886434747238514776

And the summary of the speech on on instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/firstpost/reel/DFntTIlvOpe/

Neither confirm additional troops rather than just having 10k at the border.

A lot of the English reporting I'm reading said "reinforce" which implies addition. I don't speak spanish but the tweet from Sheinbaum also translates to "reinforce" if translation valid:

>1. Mexico will immediately reinforce the northern border with 10,000 members of the National Guard to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States, particularly fentanyl.

> A lot of the English reporting I'm reading said "reinforce" which implies addition.

Agree it implies addition, but if you promise to send 10k, then make another promise to send 10k, then send 10k you kept both promises to send 10k.

An article saying home many troops are going to be on the border ie 10k vs 20k. Or clarity on if 10k had already been sent to the border before the pledge to Trump for 10k reinforcements. Or something that goes in to detail about the timing and number of troop deployments would clear up the issue.

I love the “fentanyl czar” position because that’s how american special ministers are named. Give a minister the portfolio, but dumb it down for the orange guy.

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