Sheinbaum on Miller's promotion: "We'll see how it goes"
Mexico's president asked for patience over Stephen Miller's rise at the White House and did not say whether talks with Washington will change channels.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that Mexico will wait and see after President Donald Trump named Stephen Miller White House chief of staff. "Well, we'll see, we'll see how things go from here," she said at her morning press conference.
A reporter asked whether relations with Washington will now run through Miller or through other channels, and noted that he is closely identified with immigration raids and mass deportations.
Sheinbaum did not say whether the channel will change. She pointed instead to what Trump said Sunday in a television interview, which she called "a good statement" on how he treats migrants and on the weight that issue carried in the latest U.S. election. She did not spell out his words.
Miller's promotion was announced Nov. 6 in an official White House release: Trump named him the 33rd chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles. It carries words of support from Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who calls him one of the president's most trusted and longest-serving advisers.
"We'll wait," Sheinbaum said, adding that her government is "working every day" in support of Mexicans.
