President Trump lashed out at the news media on Saturday over his plans to impose tariffs on Mexico and hike existing duties on Chinese imports…
President Trump lashed out at the news media on Saturday over his plans to impose tariffs on Mexico and hike existing duties on Chinese imports, predicting that companies would return to manufacturing goods in the U. S. to avoid steep tariffs on their goods.
In several tweets posted Saturday afternoon, the president took aim at the Washington Post over the newspaper apparently erroneously referring to the duties on Chinese imports as only affecting $200 billion worth of imports, writing that the actual number was closer to $250 billion.
“Washington Post got it wrong, as usual. The U. S. is charging 25% against 250 Billion Dollars of goods shipped from China, not 200 BD,” Trump wrote.
The president then went on to add that companies that operate out of Mexico would face heavy penalties unless the Mexican government took steps to stop the flow of migrants headed through the country to the U.
