MEXICO CITY – "In Mexico, the people govern," Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday, rebuffing US President Donald Trump's claim that "Mexico does what we tell them to do”.

"President Trump has his way of speaking, but as I said yesterday, the only one who rules in Mexico is the people – plain and simple," Sheinbaum said at her daily press conference.

She also titled her post "In Mexico, the people govern" on social media X.

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Trump made his remarks Thursday at a White House event marking the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, citing Mexico's enforcement of anti-migration measures at its borders to boast of his success at stemming the flow of immigration.

Asked about US troop deployments in the southern Caribbean to combat drug cartels, Sheinbaum stressed that Mexico will always uphold sovereignty and self-determination while cooperating with Washington.

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"Our stance is always self-determination for all Latin American and Caribbean nations," she said.

Mexico rejects interventionism and favors diplomacy and international institutions as means of resolving disputes, she added.