Trump vows 25 percent tariff on Mexico unless it cracks down on border crossings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Trump began his final day of campaigning with a stop in North Carolina, arriving on stage nearly an hour behind schedule.
51% : But Trump has shrugged off those concerns, claiming the tariffs will cause more companies to do business inside the U.S.The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative reported that trade between the U.S. and Mexico totaled an estimated $855 billion in 2022, nearly $500 billion of which is goods imported from Mexico.
42% : Trump claimed the plan had a "100 percent chance of working," telling the crowd he would escalate the tariff by 25 percent periodically if it did not get the desired response.
33% : And I'm going to inform her on day one 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," Trump said at a rally in North Carolina.
24% : Trump during his first term made repeated threats against Mexico in an effort to crack down on the flow of migrants at the southern border, including sending troops to the border and threatening to close it entirely.

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