Trump Threatens Mexico With Tariffs Over Water

Drought has dried up Mexico’s water supply, much to the chagrin of Texas farmers—and Trump.

A brown river bed runs beneath a blue sky and dark mountains. December 9, 2025, 3:19 PM

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Decades of tension between the United States and Mexico over shared water resources turned into an actual water-cum-trade war overnight . In a post on Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump made good on earlier promises and threatened additional tariffs on Mexico if the country does not comply with its obligations to send water from the Rio Grande and its tributaries into Texas.

“Mexico still owes the U.S. over 800,000 acre-feet of water for failing to comply with our Treaty over the past five years,” Trum

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