President Trump answers questions on Mexico tariffs, Brexit and Boris Johnson during news conference with Theresa May
John Roberts asks questions about imposing tariffs on Mexico, delivering a Brexit deal and Trump's meeting with British politician Boris Johnson during the president's joint press conference with outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May.
El Presidente Trumpo says there was no deal today, but negotiations will continue tomorrow over the tariffs on Mehico!
He posted it on his Twitter just as reports were coming out about the negotiations between Pence and Mexican officials.
Immigration discussions at the White House with representatives of Mexico have ended for the day. Progress is being made, but not nearly enough! Border arrests for May are at 133,000 because of Mexico & the Democrats in Congress refusing to budge on immigration reform. Further...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2019
....talks with Mexico will resume tomorrow with the understanding that, if no agreement is reached, Tariffs at the 5% level will begin on Monday, with monthly increases as per schedule. The higher the Tariffs go, the higher the number of companies that will move back to the USA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2019
What is interesting is that it seems like Mexico is hopping to stop the tariffs from beginning, but there a lot of Republicans who are backing off of the policy before Trump can even get anything negotiated! I’m mostly against tariffs, but if they work to get Mexico to stop illegal immigration, why not? We’ll update if there are any more developments tonight…
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