President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday night that he would speak to the Canadian and Mexican leaders on Monday morning about his impending tariffs, which are scheduled to go into effect at midnight.
“I’m speaking with Prime Minister Trudeau tomorrow morning and I’m also speaking with Mexico tomorrow morning,” he said. “We put tariffs on. They owe us a lot of money, and I’m sure they’re going to pay.”
Trump said the 25 percent tariffs on non-energy imports are a result of Canada and Mexico not doing enough to help their United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) trading partner balance out remaining trade deficits and stop the free movement of illegal immigrants on their sides of the U.S. border….