Trump blasts Sheinbaum for rejecting offer to send US troops into Mexico to fight cartels

President Donald Trump on Sunday said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected his proposal to send U.S. troops to Mexico to help thwart the illegal drug trade because she is fearful of the country's powerful cartels. The comments by Trump came a day after Sheinbaum confirmed that Trump pressed her in a call last month to accept a bigger role for the U.S. military in combating drug cartels in Mexico. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE Trump said it was “true&rdquo