Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Wednesday that she will attend the World Cup draw in Washington, however, as LPO had anticipated, a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump has not yet been defined. "If it happens, it would be a very brief meeting, but everything seems to indicate that I am going," she said about the draw. LPO reported that from the Presidential Palace, there are doubts about the pertinence of this bilateral meeting in the current political environment, following the departure of Alejandro Gertz Manero from the Attorney General's Office and the reappearance of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and ahead of the president's call for a rally this Saturday in the Zócalo. Sheinbaum stated that she will not attend the World Cup opening and is awaiting a possible visit from Trump. "They informed that President Trump would be happy," said Sheinbaum. This event will mark a meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Sheinbaum, and Trump, so the president highlighted that it will be a good moment to send a message of unity. "It's a good time for the two presidents and the prime minister to be together, sending the message that our commitment to North America continues forward," she said. However, she noted that a bilateral meeting with her US counterpart is still not defined. The event will define which group each country will head in the World Cup. The president said that yesterday she spoke with FIFA, and the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE) also received the invitation from the Department of State. "I think I'm going to go," the president responded when questioned about the issue at her morning conference. She assured that she will provide more details about her trip tomorrow, although she anticipated that it will be a very short event.
