The Daily Blast
Trump’s Scam on Tariffs Wrecked in Surprise Moment from Stephen Miller
As Miller reportedly makes a revealing private admission about the border, an expert on Latin America explains why this undermines Trump's biggest claims about tariffs forcing Mexico to bend to his will.
Stephen Miller privately worried about imposing overly aggressive tariffs on Mexico, because it could imperil Mexico’s effort to apprehend migrants traveling north to our southern border, reports the Wall Street Journal. That revelation is more striking than you think. Understood correctly, it’s an acknowledgment that Mexico had already been cracking down on migration, due to an arrangement secured by President Biden. That badly undermines Trump’s scam that his threat of tariffs forced Mexico to do his bidding on the border. We talked to Adam Isacson, an expert on Latin America, who explains what Mexico has actually been doing on immigration, and why it undercuts Trump’s biggest claims about immigration, tariffs, Mexico, and more.
