File photo: Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump attends a press conference in New York City on May 31, 2024. © Brendan McDermid, Reuters
Published June 7, 2024
The expected Republican Party nominee also threatened to impose tariffs on countries that do not stem the flow of migrants into the United States, as he seeks to make electoral capital on an issue polls show resonates with voters.
Asked by an audience member at an event in the must-win state of Arizona what he would do to shut off the flow of people entering the US via the southern border — including migrants from China and the Middle East — Trump said he would use economic measures.
China or some other country is behaving badly, we have things called tariffs that are so severe,” he said.
“We are going to be so tough and if a country is not going to behave, we’re going to tariff the hell out of that country,” he added, without giving details on what size or kind of tariffs he would impose.
Trump was in Phoenix for his first event since being convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid to a porn star.
A sympathetic audience in this southwestern border state were given the opportunity after a long speech to ask questions of the former president.
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SOURCE: www.france24.com
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Published June 6, 2024
Donald Trump said Thursday he would reverse President Joe Biden’s order clamping down on illegal border crossings, in his first campaign event since a New York court found him guilty of 24 felonies last week.
The expected Republican Party nominee also threatened to impose tariffs on countries that do not stem the flow of migrants into the United States, as he seeks to make electoral capital on an issue polls show resonates with voters.
Asked by an audience member at an event in the must-win state of Arizona what he would do to shut off the flow of people entering the U.S. via the southern border — including migrants from China and the Middle East — Trump said he would use economic measures.
“We have tremendous economic power… if China or some other country is behaving badly, we have things called tariffs that are so severe,” he said.
“We are going to be so tough and if a country is not going to behave, we’re going to tariff the hell out of that country,” he added, without giving details on what size or kind of tariffs he would impose.
Trump was in Phoenix for his first event since being convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a so-called hush-money payment to a porn star who alleged they’d had sex years before he became president.
A sympathetic audience in this southwestern border state were given the opportunity after a long speech to ask questions of the former president.
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SOURCE: www.newsmax.com
RELATED: Trump attacks Biden over immigration in battleground Arizona
Biden hit back at Trump on Thursday in an interview with ABC’s David Muir.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on June 6 in Phoenix. | Rick Scuteri/AP
Published June 6, 2024
Donald Trump railed at President Joe Biden’s recent executive action on immigration on Thursday in Arizona, a key battleground state where border issues play a big role in electoral politics.
Speaking at a town hall organized by the conservative youth organization Turning Point, the former President pledged to scrap Biden’s executive action that aims to clamp down on migrants seeking asylum.
“Biden’s order is not a border security plan,” Trump said. “It’s a concession to the fact that he has lost control over a border. And it’s a really dangerous place. On day one of my administration, I will be rescinding crooked Joe’s outrageous executive order.”
Trump has made hard-line immigration policies the center of his political identity since he entered politics in 2016 and is frequently critical of Democrats on the issue. He dialed up the rhetoric Thursday in the border state, blaming the president for “deliberate demolition of our sovereignty and of our borders.”
The action Biden announced on Tuesday allows the president to suspend asylum claims between ports of entry when there is an average of 2,500 crossings a day over a seven day period.
“I want to send Joe Biden’s illegal aliens back home where they belong,” Trump said. “They have to go back home because quite simply, Joe Biden wants an invasion. I want a deportation. I want a deportation. On day one, I will seal the border. I will stop the invasion and we will begin the largest domestic deportation operation in the history.”
