President Donald Trump has set a Saturday deadline to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada.
The administration asserts that these tariffs will remain until both neighboring countries take substantial measures to curb the flow of unauthorized migrants and illicit drugs into the United States.
This announcement follows a recent agreement with Colombia, where the threat of similar tariffs led the Marxist president to fold like a cheap suit and begin accepting deported migrants.
In a statement from the Oval Office Thursday, President Trump emphasized the urgency of the situation.
“Mexico and Canada have never been good to us on trade. They’ve treated us very unfairly on trade,” Trump said.
“We’ll be announcing the tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a number of reasons. Number one is the people that have poured into our country so horribly and so much.
“Number two are the drugs, fentanyl and everything else that have come into the country. Number three are the massive subsidies that we’re giving to Canada and to Mexico in the form of deficits.
“I’ll be putting the tariff of 25% on Canada and separately 25% on Mexico. We will really have to do that because we have very big deficits with those countries. Those tariffs may or may not rise with time,” Trump said.
When asked about whether he would impose tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil, Trump said, “We may or may not. We’re going to make that determination probably tonight.”
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The 25% tariffs is the blood on Canadian politicians hands.
It’s not Donald Trumps fault our government SUCKS.
DO NOT let these POS’s blame him. pic.twitter.com/xX43Bw6ytu
— Christy (@Christy4Change) January 30, 2025
President Donald Trump emphasized the United States’ self-sufficiency in natural resources, particularly in lumber and oil. He remarked.
He also mentioned the possibility of imposing tariffs on China.
Trump:
“We have all the trees you need—meaning the lumber. We have more than almost anybody in those two categories. In oil, we have more than anybody, and we don’t need anybody’s trees. We have to free up some of the tree areas that we have. We have great lumber in this country, and we have to free them up environmentally, which I can do very quickly. But we don’t need what they have.For us to be subsidizing Canada to the tune of $175 billion a year and subsidizing Mexico to the tune of $250 billion to $300 billion a year—it’s absurd. Mexico is being used as a method for China to send in its product.
With China, I’m also thinking about something because they’re sending fentanyl into our country, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths. China is going to end up paying a tariff for that, and we’re in the process of making that happen. We’ll determine what that tariff will be, but China has to stop sending fentanyl into our country and killing our people.”
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BREAKING: President Trump just dropped another nuke, saying after tariffs on Mexico and Canada go into effect, China will be next.
“China is going to end up paying a tariff also. China has to stop sending fentanyl into our country and killing our people.”
He is on a rampage. pic.twitter.com/hFNxTyRdNL
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 30, 2025
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