Sunday, May 04, 2025

Public Occurrences May 4, 2025

Mexico's president declined Trump "offer" of US troops to target cartels

Claudia Sheinbaum responded to a Friday reportfrom the Wall Street Journal...that Trump suggested the U.S. send troops to Mexico, which Sheinbaum confirmed on Saturday.

“And do you know what I told him? No, President Trump,” she said Saturday in Spanish. “The territory cannot be violated. Sovereignty cannot be sold. Sovereignty is cherished and defended.”

Many. This, The Hill

Trump: "I don't know" if he has to follow Constitution due process rights

["Meet the Press with Kristen"] Welker then pressed Trump on whether he, as president, needs to abide by the Constitution and the rights it provides to people in the U.S.

"I don't know," Trump said. "I have to respond by saying, again, I have brilliant lawyers that work for me, and they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said. What you said is not what I heard the Supreme Court said. They have a different interpretation."
Interview by NBC, reported by NPR.