A message has widely circulated on social media claiming to be an open letter from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to former U.S. President Donald Trump. In this message, the supposed letter criticizes Trump’s plans to build a wall on the U.S.–Mexico border and warns that 7 billion people outside the wall could boycott American products and shift to global alternatives. It also mocks U.S. geography, suggests Americans don’t understand the world, and praises other countries’ cultures and products. The text ends with a sarcastic, “You want a wall, you get a wall.”
However — and this is crucial — Claudia Sheinbaum never actually wrote or delivered this speech. The entire viral message is false and has been widely debunked by multiple independent fact-checkers. The text predates her presidency and was circulating online years before she was elected.
📌 What Really Happened
Here’s what fact-checking and reporting show:
❗ The Viral Letter Is Fake
- The message first appeared on social media around 2017, shortly after Trump’s first inauguration, and was shared without attribution or under names like “the rest of the world.”
- In early 2025, versions of it resurfaced online with the false claim that it was addressed to Trump by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
📍 The Mexican Government Denied It
- Mexico’s presidential communications team confirmed publicly that Sheinbaum did not issue this statement and that the attribution is incorrect.
🔎 Independent Fact-Checks Confirm
Major fact-checking outlets (like Reuters, AAP FactCheck, The Dispatch, and others) have analyzed the text and concluded that there’s no evidence Sheinbaum ever said or wrote it. They also note that the same or very similar text circulated long before she took office.
🧾 Summary of the Viral Message (Original Text)
The viral message that went around social media includes points like:
- Mocking Americans for not understanding geography (thinking America is just the U.S., not the continent).
- Saying there are 7 billion consumers outside the U.S. who could stop buying U.S. products such as iPhones, Ford cars, Hollywood movies, etc.
- Encouraging people to choose alternative global brands, travel destinations, and cultural experiences.
- Suggesting that if these 7 billion consumers boycott American goods, it would crash the U.S. economy and force Americans to tear down the border wall.
- Ending with, “You want a wall, you get a wall.”
This content spread widely online, but none of this has ever been verified as an actual comment by President Sheinbaum.