Trump says he will delay closing the border with Mexico for one year
President Donald Trump said on Thursday April 4th, he will give Mexico one year to stem the flow of illegal drugs and migrants over the southern border, and if the country cannot, he said he will impose auto tariffs, and if that didn’t work, he will close the border.
“You know I will do it. I don’t play games. … so we’re doing it to stop people. We’re gonna give them a one year warning, and if the drugs don’t stop, or largely stop, we’re going to put tariffs on Mexico and products, in particular cars. The whole ballgame is cars….and if that doesn’t stop the drugs, we close the border,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
“If Mexico doesn’t apprehend these people coming” into the United States from Central America, “we’re going to tax the cars. And if that doesn’t work, we’re going to close the border,” Trump said during a meeting of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council. “If, in a year from now, drugs continue to pour in, we’re going to put tariffs up.”
The move represents a significant step back from Trump’s recent threats to shut the border as early as this week.

President Donald Trump speaks during the “White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council” meeting in the Cabinet room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2019.