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President Trump, confronted with the latest surge of migration that threatens his tough-on-the-border image, was ready to launch his newest plan across-the-board tariffs on Mexican goods, likely to wound the healthy economy and trigger protests from parts of his own party.
But during a Wednesday night huddle inside the Oval Office, Trump was running into a roadblock: his own advisers.
Calling in from his travels in the Middle East, presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner argued against imposing unilateral tariffs, warning that the move could imperil the prospects of ratifying a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada, according to officials familiar with the meeting. Kushner, a senior White House adviser, insisted that he could still work directly with Mexico to resolve the burgeoning migration crisis.
In the Oval Office with Trump, U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer also lobbied against the tariffs, similarly concerned that the drastic threat against the United States third-largest trading partner would upend the fragile trade agreement, which still requires Congresss blessing.
But Trump was unmoved by the arguments and repeatedly said Mexico had to do more, one person with knowledge of the meeting said. The tariffs, he declared, were going to be announced no matter what.
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no_hypocrisy
(46,060 posts)he will punish both Mexico and American consumers of goods from Mexico, the latter because they didn't pressure their Congress critters to provide the funds to build the wall.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)He wrecked NAFTA because he could do better. Now he's wrecking his own stupid deal because he's a whiny baby.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)He knows exactly what he is doing. He enjoys the thought of people being miserable in all ways and that he is the one who is doing it. That is my conclusion of what he is all about. He has his cronies who feel the same.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)He likes to hurt people.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)He even wants to hurt those he claimed he likes. He turns on them in an instant. He is just a person who is pure hate.