Trump Threatens Mexicans With Closure Of Border

U.S. President, Donald Trump last week said he would give Mexico one week to increase apprehensions of migrants from Central America from coming toward the US and he also threatened a border closure as a consequence.

Trump threatened to slap tariffs on automobiles made in Mexico and close the US-Mexico border if the country didn’t stop “massive amounts of drugs” coming into the US within one year.

According to reports on Thursday Trump said “We’re going to give them a one-year warning, and if the drugs don’t stop or (are) largely stopped, we’re going to put tariffs on Mexico and products, in particular, the cars … and if that doesn’t stop the drugs, we close the border,”

Adding that he believes Mexico in recent days has made progress in “capturing people and bringing them back to their countries at their southern border.”

But he said he remains unsatisfied overall. “If the drugs don’t stop — Mexico can stop them if they want — we’re going to tariff the cars,” the President said. “And if that doesn’t work, we’re going to close the border.”