Donald Trump Threatens 25% Tariff On Mexico In Retaliation For Border Crossings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "I will impose whatever tariffs are required -- 100%, 200%, 1000%," Trump said in an appearance at the Detroit Economic Club.
53% : In recent weeks, Trump has proposed 200% tariffs on cars imported from Mexico and a week later said it could be much higher.
48% : Trump has also made tariffs a centerpiece of his policy agenda for a second term and has already proposed a 20% tariff on all imported goods, claiming foreign countries would bear the cost.
48% : In between those comments, Trump went even higher.
46% : Speaking at a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina, Trump said one of the first things he'd do if he wins the White House would be to call Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and threaten her over his fearmongering characterization of arriving immigrants.
43% : I am taking it out of the military,'" Trump said.
37% : "I am going to inform her on day one or sooner that if they do not stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I am going to immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything they send into the United States of America," Trump said.
35% : It's not clear if Trump's proposed 25% tariff on Mexican goods would be in addition to the other tariffs he's envisioning.
33% : Border encounters during the most recent three months were lower than the average number of encounters per month in 2019, while Trump was president, before they dropped sharply due to the coronavirus pandemic.
24% : When Trump was in the White House, Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico's president at the time, simply refused to go along with the wall funding demands.
21% : During his rally on Monday, Trump recalled how he wound up raiding military funds in order to pay for wall construction after Congress also balked at his demands for funding.
20% : I will make it 100."Trump has made illegal immigration a central focus of his presidential campaign for the past year amid a surge of crossings along the U.S. border with Mexico.
17% : Biden announced the changes in June after Trump urged Republicans to abandon a bipartisan border security bill in Congress.

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