That's because they already had programs in place but not a single journalist bothered to find that out. So instead it's the Trump playbook: create a problem, then "solve" the problem you created. Meanwhile global markets have caused people to lose money.
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Trump denied the report, but he knew all along he would postpone it to March.
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-set-impose-tariffs-mexico-canada-starting-march-1-sources-say-2025-01-31/