If the president really believes the U.S. is being “invaded” by “gang members,” a tariff sure is a weird way to respond.
In an apparent reversal on the position he so firmly stated over the weekend, President Donald Trump now says that he will not immediately shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, opting instead to wait for a year.
Although he had threatened to shut down the border this week, the president told the press at the White House on Thursday that Mexico should consider this a “one-year warning.”
While his threat to shut down the border was intended to force Mexico to stop Central American migrants from reaching the U.S. border, the president focused on drugs when he said he plans on imposing tariffs on Mexican products, “particularly cars.”
View the complete April 4 article by D. Parvaz on the ThinkProgress website here.