Coca-Cola refused to confirm the president’s claim that he got it to switch to cane sugar. And now it’s defending high-fructose corn syrup.

( NewsNation) — Is so-called Mexican Coke doomed, now that Coca-Cola supposedly is switching to cane sugar in the U.S.? One food industry analyst doubts President Trump’s claims the beverage giant will actually make such a move here.

Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola agreed to use "REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States." The company later issued a statement that did not confirm it wa

Agricultural industry leaders fear a push away from corn syrup could disrupt production of the U.S.’s largest crop.

However, what Trump neglected to mention in his post is that the country most closely associated with the tastier Coke is one of his most frequent scapegoats: Mexico. “Mexican Coke” is made with real sugar, a distinction which has been maintained by an ongoing trade war over sugar between the U.S. and Mexico that predates Trump’s tariff tantrums.