Trumpy Bear said on Truth Social yesterday that he would impose tariffs on all products coming into the United States from Canada, Mexico and China, a move that would scramble global supply chains and impose heavy costs on companies that rely on doing business with some of the world’s largest economies. But whatevs! Via the New York Times:
In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump mentioned a caravan of migrants making its way to the United States from Mexico, and said he would use an executive order to levy a 25 percent tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico until drugs and migrants stopped coming over the border.
“This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!” the president-elect wrote.
“Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem,” he added. “We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!”
This is not over Fentanyl, or migrants at the border. That’s only the cover story for an excuse to look strong for a weak little man who wears a girdle and shoe lifts.
Josh Marshall wrote on Bluesky:
