President-elect Donald Trump promised to expel migrants back to their country of origin by military force — and refused to “do business” with those countries if they refuse to take them in.
“I’ll get them into every country, or we won’t do business with those countries,” Trump, 78, said in a lengthy interview with Time magazine published Thursday after being honored as the outlet’s 2024 “Person of the Year.”
“I want them out, and the countries have got to take them back, and if they don’t take them back, we won’t do business with those countries, and we will tariff those countries very substantially,” he added.
“When they send products in, they will have substantial tariffs, and it’s going to make it very hard for them to do business with us.”
Border security and illegal immigration will be a top priority for the incoming president, as Trump has already promised with the help of his “border czar” Tom Homan to undertake the largest deportation operation in US history.
The soon-to-be 47th president even threatened to impose a 25% import tariff on both Canada and Mexico for having allowed millions of migrants and tons of deadly drugs like fentanyl to flow across the northern and southern borders during President Biden’s term.
