A few days before Thanksgiving, President-Elect Donald Trump pledged to impose a 25 percent tariff on goods from Mexico unless the country halted the flow of migrants and drugs across the southern border. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum offered a stiff response, which was followed by what she called a “very kind” phone conversation between the two. Trump claimed that Sheinbaum had agreed to “close” the border, which she said was a misinterpretation. But she did say that there was “no potential tariff war.” Meanwhile, Reuters reported that American growers have asked Trump to spare U.S. agriculture from mass deportations, lest labor shortages lead to a spike in grocery prices. Trump has not publicly responded.Is there a deal in the making? History might offer insight into some of the options that Trump faces and what they portend.In recent months, reporters have repeatedly asked me about Operation Wetback, the Eisenhower-era mass deportation of… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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