Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and jeered by much of the raucous audience at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night, a stark change from the praise he receives from his enthusiastic supporters at his rallies.
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Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump President Trump said on Thursday that if he wins the presidential election, he could impose tariffs on countries, including China, that do not curb the flow of illegal immigrants from their territories into the United States. US Elections In November.
Trump made the remarks while answering audience questions at an event in the election battleground state of Arizona, but did not specify the size of the tariffs he would impose in such a scenario.
When asked how to curb the flow of immigrants into the U.S. illegally, Trump responded, “We have a tremendous amount of economic power.” If countries like China don’t help curb immigration into the U.S., “we have tariffs,” he said.
Trump warned that if other countries do not help reduce tariffs, he could “impose massive tariffs on them” if re-elected.
Border security and immigration have become top issues for Americans ahead of the election. November 5th Election Where Trump faces the US President Joe BidenDemocratic candidate Joe Biden will face a rematch in the 2020 White House election.
The majority of people entering the U.S. illegally are from Latin America. According to U.S. government data, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 27,000 Chinese migrants who illegally crossed the Mexican border between Oct. 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024, contributing to the sharp increase in Chinese immigration.
It was Trump’s first campaign appearance since a Manhattan jury found him guilty on May 30 of 34 charges that he falsified business records to conceal $130,000 that his former lawyer Michael Cohen paid porn actress Stormy Daniels as a reward for keeping quiet about his sexual relationship with her before the 2016 election.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and vowed to appeal the verdict, calling the trial “rigged” on Thursday.
Trump slammed Biden’s latest effort to crack down on people crossing the U.S. southern border illegally, an asylum ban similar to restrictions Trump tried to implement during his presidency.
President Biden on Tuesday implemented executive action establishing a broad asylum ban for migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
Trump called Biden’s new plan “outrageous” and a concession to “death and defeat” at the border, even though it mirrored Trump administration policies to stop would-be migrants.
Biden He hardened his approach With immigration emerging as a major political issue for him, he should focus on border security.
Trump has made a tough stance on immigration a centerpiece of his administration, vowing a sweeping crackdown if re-elected.
Under President Biden’s order, which took effect Wednesday, migrants who cross the border illegally can be immediately deported or returned to Mexico.
The Department of Homeland Security said there are exceptions for unaccompanied children, people facing serious medical or safety threats and victims of human trafficking.
Trump called Biden’s measures “bullshit,” eliciting chants of “bullshit” from the friendly crowd in Phoenix. Trump said he would repeal Biden’s measures on his first day in office if re-elected.
Trump claimed without evidence that Biden’s asylum ban would allow at least 2 million “illegal immigrants” to enter the U.S. each year.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to questions about how Trump arrived at that figure.
The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended about 2 million migrants who crossed the border illegally in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2023, and has seen similar numbers this year, but Biden’s latest measures are aimed at reducing border crossing attempts, not maintaining current levels.
Trump also said he may bring back U.S. troops currently stationed overseas to guard the southern border.
Biden has for months sought to pass a Senate bill written by a bipartisan group to strengthen border security, but Republicans rejected it after Trump opposed it.
“Donald Trump blocked the toughest, most fair bipartisan border bill in a generation because he thought it would be politically advantageous for him to do so,” Biden campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz said in a statement, adding that Trump’s role in killing the bill gave him the power to claim that the immigration system was “broken.”
Several people were seen being carried out on stretchers from Trump’s event with heat exhaustion after waiting in line for hours in temperatures approaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius).
