Former President Donald Trump said that if he gets a second term in the White House, he would impose a new 25 percent tariff on Mexico if it does not stem the flood of illegal immigrants into the United States.
“One of the first calls I’m going to make is to Mexico: ‘You stop letting people come in through our border,’” Trump told a rally on Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina.
After noting that Mexico recently elected a new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump said that he would “inform her on Day 1 or sooner that if they don’t stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I’m going to immediately impose a 25 percent tariff on everything they send into the United States of America.”…
