UPDATE 1-Trump threatens tariffs if Mexico does not help with immigration, drugs
Trump told reporters at the White House he would put tariffs on cars or close the border, but he said he may start with the tariffs. He also said he would give Mexico a year to try to stop the flow of drugs before putting tariffs in place. "A lot of good things are happening with Mexico. Mexico understands that we're going to close the border, or I'm going to tariff the cars," Trump told reporters at the White House.
Trump said he would "probably start off with the tariffs - that will be a very powerful incentive." Trump warned last Friday that he would close the U.S. border with Mexico this week unless Mexico took action to help stop the flow of illegal migrants across the frontier.
Trump said on Thursday that media coverage in recent days has prompted Mexico to take action to curb the flow of immigrants to the United States and take other action to ease the pressure on U.S. ports of entry. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by David Alexander; Editing by David Gregorio)
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