Mr. Trump responded on Thursday by initially saying he would give Mexico a year to stop Central American migrants from traversing Mexico on their way to the United States. And the president said that if Mexico did not do its part, he would first impose tariffs on Mexican cars before shutting down the border. “The only thing frankly better, but less drastic than closing the border, is to tariff the cars coming in,” Mr. Trump said in the White House. On Friday morning, Mr. Trump said on Twitter that Mexico had already changed its behavior. He will be presented with a plaque that commemorates “the completion of the first section of President Trump’s border wall.”

Source: New York Times April 05, 2019 14:56 UTC