Trump defends deal with Mexico

STERLING, Va.: With his threatened Mexican tariffs now on the backburner, US President Donald Trump was looking to claim victory even as some of his Democratic challengers for the White House criticized him for overselling a deal that mostly ramps up existing efforts.

Trump defended the agreement reached by US and Mexican negotiators to head off the 5-percent tax on all Mexican goods that Trump had threatened to impose Monday as he tried to pressure the country to do more to stem the flow of Central American migrants across the US southern border.