President Trump threatened to immediately double tariffs on Mexico if it does not stop migrant caravans heading north.
Trump posted the warning on Truth Social just after 7 oclock Thursday morning. Quoted in full, the post said:
Here we go again! With the perceived loss by the Republicans in the Midterms - I WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT- the INVASION of our Country is taking place again. Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico. Many of the people in these Caravans are those that various countries dont want - Send them to America, they say - But they will not be accepted! MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if they do not do so, the Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED. MEXICO, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, THE VERY LIBERAL NEW GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, OUR GREAT BORDER PATROL, & ICE, HAVE BEEN SO INFORMED. There will be no leniency! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
The group, estimated at about 1,500 people, mostly from Central America, set off Tuesday from Tapachula, near Mexicos border with Guatemala, according to reports cited by Fox News. Trump also named the very liberal new governor of Texas, along with Border Patrol and ICE, among those he said had been informed.
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