Mexico Tariffs: Donald Trump Does Not Give Up

RUSH: The president announced that on June 10th the United States is gonna impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming into our country from Mexico until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico and into our country stop. The tariff will gradually increase until the illegal immigration problem is remedied.

Here is the schedule of tariffs. Five percent effective on June 10th. Ten percent effective on July 1st. Fifteen percent effective on August 1st. Twenty percent effective on September 1st. Twenty-five percent tariffs effective October 1st and continuing therein until Mexico takes action to stop the flow of Central American migrants.

Now, naturally the left is up in arms. You can’t do that. You can’t raise tariffs. It’s gonna raise the cost of goods coming into the country. That’s the exact point! The president of Mexico is not happy about this. He wants to have conversations with Trump ASAP about it.

But what is the real point here? What is there to glean from this? I mean, anybody can tell you what the tariff schedule is, and anybody can give you their thoughts on tariffs and so forth. But let me tell you what this means to me. And this is why the left is going to be so hard-pressed and why the Democrat Party is gonna be so hard-pressed to get rid of Donald Trump.

They still, after all of this time, they still haven’t taken the time to learn who he really is.

So Trump announces massive tariffs on Mexico until they step up and help with this problem. Eighty percent of the stuff that Mexico exports comes straight into the United States. These tariffs are gonna devastate their economy. “Well, what about the American consumer, Rush?” Let me ask you a question. Trump has raised tariffs 10%, 25% so far on the ChiComs. Have you noticed it? I’m asking. I’m not… Don’t infer an answer here. Have you noticed it? As you go about your business, how have the 25% increase in tariffs with the ChiComs affected you?

Are your gadgets more expensive yet? Has anything happened? Maybe not, but the ChiComs have noticed (chuckles), because it is impacting the ChiComs.

My point is, Trump has taken a very hard line on the tariffs with Mexico because it’s about all that’s left to him. He could still close the whole border, but he doesn’t give up. He does not cave away. He does not let these people dispirit him or depress him.

He doesn’t throw his hands up and he doesn’t give up — and until the left, until the Democrats really take the time to figure out who they’re dealing with here, they’re never, ever gonna get it. And they won’t. Don’t worry. Their arrogance will not permit them to find out who the real Donald Trump is. They already know: He’s a scumbag, and that’s it.

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