Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum said she has not received an invite to Donald Trump’s inauguration, insisting that that it is not a problem even as tariff threats from the incoming US president strain their relationship.

Sheinbaum said Mexico will keep US ties strong, respectful as Trump threatens action over illegal migration and drug trafficking.

Mexico is a free, independent and sovereign country. As I have said, we coordinate and we collaborate, but we don’t become subordinated.”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, in a speech to crowds of supporters days before Donald Trump is sworn in as US head of state, vowed her country would not be subordinated by its northern neighbor.