Border-Security-Pretext

Trump Issues Border Tariff Executive Orders Using Drug Enforcement Pretext

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President Trump signs Executive Orders 14231 and 14232 amending earlier tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, citing illicit drug flows across northern and southern borders as justification. The orders expand February 1 tariff regime, using border security and drug enforcement rhetoric to justify …

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