"I'm gonna create borders," Donald Trump promised during his 2016 campaign. "No drugs are coming in. We're gonna build a wall. You know what I'm talking about. You have confidence in me. Believe me, I will solve the problem.

President Donald Trump avoided a trade war, for now, with Canada and Mexico after the two U.S. allies offered plans Monday to reduce illegal immigration and drug trafficking into the United States. Mere hours before the president’s new 25% tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada were to go into effect both Mexican President

After Trump took Mexico and Canada to the brink of trade wars, both nations have managed to defuse his tariff bombs. (At least, for now . . . ) Trump halted sweeping tariffs on the US’s two biggest trading partners after separate bilateral phone calls with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

It seems President Donald Trump's plan to fight drugs with punitive tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada, which never made much sense, was little more