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It's a 2,000-mile journey and they're coming up to our border. and our border patrol, which is incredible, they're apprehending them, but our laws are bad, because the democrats don't want to mass laws that could be passed in 15 minutes, that could be passed quickly. in one day, it could change. but even beyond the laws, mexico shouldn't allow millions of people to try and enter our country. and they could stop it very quickly. and i think they will. and if they won't, we're going to put tariffs on. and every month, those tariffs go from 5% to 10% to 15%, to 20 and to 25%. >> all right. cnbc's...

Today we heard him talk about the fact that mexico called to begin negotiations. one of the other questions for republicans here are what are the terms by which the president would be satisfied with mexico taking action. of course, deals with his concerns about immigration, but there are so many broader implications. let's take a listen to part of what the president said at that joint news conference with british prime minister theresa may today to give you a sense of where his thinking is right now. >> what do you think of republicans who say that they may take action to block you imposing th...

Very quickly. i think they will. if they won't we're going to put tariffs on. every month those tariffs go from 5% to 10% to 15% to 20 and then to 25%. what will happen then is all of those companies that have left our country and gone to mexico are going to be coming back to us. and that's okay. that's okay. but i think mexico will step up and do what they should have been done. i don't want to hear that mexico is run by the cartels and the drug lords and the coyotes. i don't want to hear about that. a lot of people are saying that. mexico has something to prove, but i don't want to hear that...

If we do something to try to blow up mexico's economy it's going to cause more people to try to come to the united states, not fewer. so i think this is just -- this is a mix of policy in which we're going to tax the american people, harm the farmers, harm the manufacturers and consumers here in an effort to try to do something that's backfiring. >> i mean, mark, what i'm curious about you say he doesn't want to put the tariffs on. i know he doesn't want to, but if they don't stop immigration in the next few weeks like you said, which they're not going to do, then he has to back off, right, an...

Pay for this. >> ali velshi, just once and for all, who pays for tariffs? >> buyers of products. >> okay. >> end of story. the buyer of the product, the producer, the importer of a product from mexico or china pays for it, bicycle, air conditioner, fruit, vegetables, unless they had a very rich year, they're passing it on to you, the buyer. tariffs on, mexico has them, china has them, the consumer pays for them. the government doesn't pay for them. buyers of products pay for tell. >> why wouldn't a nice man like that speaking with the white house on the lawn -- >> this is what the white house ...