Speaking to reporters Thursday, the president said, “If Mexico doesn’t give the help, that’s OK. We’re going to tariff their cars coming into the United States”
WASHINGTON — Shifting once again, President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to slap tariffs on cars coming to the U.S. from Mexico unless Mexico does more to stop the flow of migrants trying to enter the U.S.
“You know I will do it,” he said concerning his tariff threat. “I don’t play games.” That’s similar to his statement last week when he made his more extreme threat: “I am not kidding around.” If that “powerful incentive” but “less drastic measure” doesn’t work, he said he’d go through with his standing threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border. Since he made that previous threat, White House advisers, American leaders in border cities and U.S. economists have said such a closure could badly damage America’s economy as well as Mexico’s.
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