tariffs on mexican goods, 5%, 10%. like a lone shark going up, came out of his mouth. nobody knew about it. nobody in the white house knew about it, nobody in the republican party. nobody knew about it because it didn t exist until it came out of his mouth. at that very moment it came hot potato policy or everyone saying, what are we going to do with this policy? the republican leadership rejected it. it will it will meaningfully impact the economy in a way that will hurt not only ordinary consumers but hurt the republican party. how do we get out of this? so, donald trump effectively says this is how we ll get out of it. i ll lie about it. we ll go in, we ll say that we got a deal, everybody wins. nothing changes. everybody wins.
against president trump in 2020. 51% of americans say they are going to vote against him next year wild 36 say they will vote to re-elect him to the white house. 13% said they were unsure. president trump spent part of the weekend defending the deal he announced stopping tariffs on mexican goods coming to the u.s. that were set to take effect today. the president says mexico agreed to take strong measures to stop the flow of migrants but critics are arguing much of the agreement isn t all that new. ron allen has more from the white house. reporter: no moan morning tariffs on mexico after president trump pitched an 11th hour immigration deal for tougher enforcement. mr. trump widely criticized for threatening tariffs blasted as false in a new york times report suggesting weeks of trade tension had not accomplished that much. under the deal mexico plans to deploy 6,000 troops across its southern border to stop migrant
agreement on migration that averts the implementation of president trump s tariffs on mexican goods. president trump took to twitter friday night to announce the deal under which mexico will deploy 6,000 national guard troops throughout the country, mainly to its southern border with guatemala. it expands a program called migrant protection protocols which allows u.s. immigration enforcement officials to send central american migrants to mexico. they will offer those migrant, jobs, health care and education. the agreement doesn t include a demand that mexico agree to a safe third country designation which would have required the country to permanently accept most asylum seekers from central america. despite president trump touting the agreement as a new deal just how new the terms are, that s up for debate. the new york times reports that mexico had previously agreed to deploy its national guard during high level secret
fund-raiser in des moines and former vice president joe biden will be in iowa on tuesday, the same day as president trump, but this is all happening against the backdrop of president trump s new immigration deal with mexico, the one he announced on friday night. president trump agreed to drop his threat to impose a 5% imports from mexico and what he says is a concession from mexican officials when it comes to immigration enforcement. president trump is taking a victory lap over this deal, the new york times is reporting that some of the key components of the agreement may have existed well before the president started this latest threat to slap these tariffs on mexican goods. here is part of what the new york times wrote.
talk to your doctor about chantix. molly: the trade war with mexico has been avoided for now. mexican president obrador saying saturday that he was prepared to replace retaliatory tariffs on u.s. goods if president trump had gone ahead with that 5% hike on monday. steve harrigan is in tijuana with all the latest there. steve? reporter: that s right, molly. the mexican president is claiming victory in dodging the tariffs on mexican goods exported to the u.s. it was a celebratory gathering on national television, thousands of supporters also, and the mexican president also stressed the need to maintain close relations with the u.s. translator: here in tijuana, we say to american people that we will not allow any injuries to you and that we are able to collaborate with the u.s. on