Trade War Detente & USAID Closes Up Shop | 2.4.25
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Mexico and Canada back down, making major concessions to Trump and vowing to send troops to their borders in exchange for a pause on tariffs.
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In a stunning move, Donald Trump has agreed to pause looming tariffs on Mexico and Canada following a series of concessions from the leaders of both countries.
Here to break down the trade war detente is Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips. So Cabot, that was fast. What happened in the last 24 hours?
Yeah, very fast indeed. So we'll start with Mexico. As we discussed yesterday, President Trump ordered 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada, saying they would remain in place until the countries made more of an effort to prevent drugs and legal immigrants from crossing into the U.S. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum initially struck a defiant tone, announcing 25% tariffs of her own. But on Monday morning, there was an apparent diplomatic breakthrough. Following a phone call between the two leaders, which Trump called very friendly, he agreed to pause the implementation of those tariffs for a month to allow for further negotiations. That pause came after Mexico agreed to send 10,000 soldiers to the border to, in Scheinbaum's words, quote, prevent drug trafficking from Mexico to the U.S., particularly fentanyl. Scheinbaum added that for his part, Trump has agreed to increase efforts to, quote, prevent the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico.
Now, while the White House is touting the news as proof that Trump's use of tariffs as leverage is getting results, Democrats, as you can imagine, say otherwise. They argued that Trump quickly agreed to lift the tariffs because he was worried about the stock market, which did slip Monday morning on fears of a trade war, but then jumped back up at the news of these deals. A number of Democratic lawmakers are saying that Trump supposedly blinked first.
There was no blinking. She's a wonderful woman, but she did agree to 10,000 soldiers on the border. I would say that's a lot. Would you say that's pretty good?
And Vice President J.D. Vance echoed that sentiment Monday, lauding Trump's strategy.
So for literally three days, I heard the far left in this country say that these tariffs would make Americans' lives worse off. And what actually happened is the Mexican government was so afraid of the tariffs that they actually are taking their border enforcement and their anti-cartel activity more seriously.
Now, we also saw a very similar response from Canada. Tell us about that.
Yeah, initially it appeared Canada was gearing up for a fight. Leaders in both parties, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, called for Canadians to unite against the tariffs by boycotting American products in favor of domestic goods. But speaking in the Oval Office Monday, Trump stood his ground, saying Canada needs America far more than America needs Canada.
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