Trade
Trump will not leave USMCA. “A great relationship with Mexico.”
Dublin, after Micheál Martin. Asked if he would withdraw. Canada, he said, wants a deal badly.
The Rocket News · Washington Bureau · DublinSeptember 12, 2026 · 5 min read

A reporter in Dublin asked President Trump if he was considering walking off the USMCA deal with Mexico and Canada. “What does that mean?” he said. She asked again. “It's a strange question to be asked over here.” Then the no: “I get along great. We're going to have a great relationship with Mexico. We actually have a good one with Canada.” The Politics desk files it from Ireland, on a treaty under review this year.
Then he billed Ottawa. Americans, he said, have been ripped off for 50 years. “We don’t need their product and they need our product.” Farmers had been taken advantage of. Canada “wants to make a deal very badly, just like Iran wants to make a deal.” Bloomberg heard “fairly soon.” Mexico got the compliment. Sheinbaum will not sign anything that touches sovereignty. Reuters: Mexico and Washington are racing a bilateral patch before the Nov. 3 midterm.
No, I get along great. We're going to have a great relationship with Mexico.
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USMCA has been in force since 2020. The joint review is 2026. Eight weeks from a ballot. Diesel is still a record. A $5,000 dividend is still a speech. The Politics desk files the folder as it is: he will not leave the treaty. He will talk about Mexico as if the tariff fight were a mood. The trucks still have to clear.
Wire and further reading: eluniversal.com.mx
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