Washington, DC…The extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl, constitutes a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Until the crisis is alleviated, President Donald J. Trump is implementing a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports from China. Energy resources from Canada will have a lower 10% tariff.
President Trump is taking bold action to hold Mexico, Canada, and China accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country.
The orders make clear that the flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl to the United States, through illicit distribution networks, has created a national emergency, including a public health crisis. Chinese officials have failed to take the actions necessary to stem the flow of precursor chemicals to known criminal cartels and shut down money laundering by transnational criminal organizations.
In addition, the Mexican drug trafficking organizations have an intolerable alliance with the government of Mexico. The government of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels to engage in the manufacturing and transportation of dangerous narcotics, which collectively have led to the overdose deaths of hundreds of thousands of American victims. This alliance endangers the national security of the United States, and we must eradicate the influence of these dangerous cartels.
There is also a growing presence of Mexican cartels operating fentanyl and nitazene synthesis labs in Canada. A recent study recognized Canada’s heightened domestic production of fentanyl, and its growing footprint within international narcotics distribution
USING OUR LEVERAGE TO ENSURE AMERICANS’ SAFETY: Previous Administrations failed to fully leverage America’s economic position as a tool to secure our borders against illegal migration and combat the scourge of fentanyl, preferring to let problems fester.
Access to the American market is a privilege. The United States has one of the most open economies in the world, and the lowest average tariff rates in the world.
While trade accounts for 67% of Canada’s GDP, 73% of Mexico’s GDP, and 37% of China’s GDP, it accounts for only 24% of U.S. GDP. However, in 2023 the U.S. trade deficit in goods was the world’s largest at over $1 trillion.
Tariffs are a powerful, proven source of leverage for protecting the national interest. President Trump is using the tools at hand and taking decisive action that puts Americans’ safety and our national security first.
Though previous Administrations have failed to leverage America’s combination of exceptional strength and its unique role in world trade to advance the security interests of the American people, President Trump has not.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS KEEPING HIS PROMISE TO STOP THE FLOOD OF ILLEGAL ALIENS AND DRUGS: When voters overwhelmingly elected Donald J. Trump as President, they gave him a mandate to seal the border. That is exactly what he is doing.
The Biden Administration’s policies have fueled the worst border crisis in U.S. history.
More than 10 million illegal aliens attempted to enter the United States under Biden’s leadership, including a rising number of Chinese nationals and people on the terror watchlist.
This problem is not confined to the southern border – encounters at the northern border with Canada are rising as well.
The sustained influx of illegal aliens has profound consequences on every aspect of our national life – overwhelming our schools, lowering our wages, reducing our housing supply and raising rents, overcrowding our hospitals, draining our welfare system, and causing crime.
Gang members, smugglers, human traffickers, and illegal drugs and narcotics of all kinds are pouring across our borders and into our communities.
Last fiscal year, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended more than 21,000 pounds of fentanyl at our borders, enough fentanyl to kill more than 4 billion people.
It is estimated that federal officials are only able to seize a fraction of the fentanyl smuggled across the southern border.
These drugs kill tens of thousands of Americans each year, including 75,000 deaths per year attributed to fentanyl alone.
More Americans are dying from fentanyl overdoses each year than the number of American lives lost in the entirety of the Vietnam War.
BUILDING ON PAST SUCCESS: President Trump continues to demonstrate his commitment to ensuring U.S. trade policy serves the national interest.
As President Trump said in the Presidential Memorandum on American First Trade Policy, trade policy is a critical component in national security.
President Trump promised in November to “sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders. This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”
During his first term as President of the United States, President Trump established the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis and declared the Opioid Crisis a public health emergency.
President Trump also has a long record of putting America first on trade. In his first term, President Trump successfully used threats of tariffs on Mexico to help secure our border.
When our national security was threatened by a global oversupply of steel and aluminum, President Trump took swift action to protect America’s national security by implementing tariffs on imports of these goods.
In response to China’s intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer, and other unreasonable behavior, President Trump acted with conviction to impose tariffs on imports from China, using that leverage to reach a historic bilateral economic agreement.
Just last week, President Trump leveraged tariffs to successfully resolve national security concerns with Colombia, swiftly reaching an outcome that prioritizes the safety and security of the American people and the sanctity of our national borders.
Democrats aren’t very good at accepting Elections are they.
The Republicans hold majorities in both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court and hold the White House and they could pass basically whatever agenda they would care to enact, but they have instead decided on a unique strategy of letting someone unelected do crimes all over the federal government
Democrats aren’t very good at accepting government destruction, revenge, and ignorance, What happened to the promise of lower prices?? Oh, that was just to get you repubs vote – ignorance personified.
You will get your lower prices and your neighbor will get a higher wage
GOP already trying to blame someone else besides the don for the soon price hikes .
The Wall St Journal published a warning these tariffs will only cause inflation and hardships for most all Americans.
The don as usual now threatened the Wall St journal.
Face it, America is now run by a mob style authoritarian regime, lawless, and corrupt , whose only aim is chaos, and cause an uprising of the people, the , martial law, with no end.
MAGA now a Republican mob regime, Democracy gone.
We’re no better off with joe.
Loves to inflict pain – a true sadist. Sick alien.
Why are we on a trade war with *checks notes* Canada?!
When you’re on a losing team you’ll write anything.
I will lower prices as soon as I’m elected it will be the easiest thing ever. I have bigly common sense
Ronald Chump
Meanwhile, a guy with his mind fried by ketamine and a 24/7/365 diet of Nazi shitposts is inside the federal government’s general payments system canceling whatever he personally decides looks like fraud while taking legal advice from his own busted AI chatbot.
Seems bad
MAGA’s didn’t go to school often.
Email Adam Schiff, Senator to voice your concerns and be heard: https://www.schiff.senate.gov/
lol, call McClintock
Biden’s line was busy.
^^Hey Moron!! Biden’s history, try to keep up stupid.
I’ve got my moron draped over my thigh waiting for Sniveler…,,,
MAGA
Joie wants to be the “COMEBACK” kid! How many of you believe”racism was the reason THE HO LOST!
The DNC is dead!
I have 2 new pronouns! Lousy, or really lousy!
I adopted Two gang members, destined for Guantanamo, does anyone have a couch or chair I could rent, they stole everything!
Just heard a comment from the new head of the DNC, “we know how to secure the border”, please vote for us!
Joie was spotted on a beach wearing a thong that appeared to be the Mexican flag!
The protests are starting, this will only give the don and his fascist regime an excuse to declare martial law, which he said he would do.
Expect this in a matter of weeks or less.
He also will suspend the 2026 election , as he, and the Republicans change America a one party authoritarian ruled fascist regime.
Rubio in Panama told the President there to boot out the Chinese , or the US will take the Canal. Also they are planning to take Greenland, as the expanding American territory plan the don spoke of takes shape.
Martial law coming .
MAGA
Republicans are just letting Elon take our country. That’s how brainwashed these idiots are …
Elon already on’s the TARDS, they, all went out and bought a Tesla, haven’t seen the used car market flooded with Teslas, guess that part is all right!
I woke up this morning singing “OH CANADA”
Just wondering if alll the Canucks that come south inthe winter will be taxed, my cousin in Bouse,Az said they countryside is saturated with snow birds, mostly Canadians
Imagine if Biden had had his rich buddy take over the treasury, who then gave access to all our social security numbers to a 19 year old kid who goes by “BigBalls”.
That’s right folks, BigBalls has all your personal information and may get to decide if you keep getting your social security checks.
Honestly what is going on. The richest man in the world and a crew of teenage lackeys are quite literally raiding US government departments, accessing personal data, meddling in federal payment systems and trying to kill USAID
Peter Thiel, look it up MAGA Morons, the worlds most dangerous fag.
DON’T
Trumps an embarrassing fool …
Totally. So incredibly stupid. Complete idiot
If republicans have their way. Elon Musk will just deposit your Social check into his bank account …
^^^^ Vladimir Elon is Putin in your ass!
Republicans don’t need their retirement accounts. Musk could make better use of it. For making the republicans even more racist again ….
The don- these trade agreements with Canada, Mexico are very bad
News flash , YOU DID.
In the first donesty term, the don renegotiated NAFTA, and agreed with the final law.
It is a law, and now he as usual has ignored it, as many other laws he ignored in his first weeks in office.
Breaking news… TRUMP OUT OF HIS FREAKING MIND
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