Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said over the weekend that the point of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on other countries is to “make them feel pain.”
Noem made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” when asked about the tariffs Trump announced last week.
“These countries have an opportunity to get on board with the President of the United States and to partner with us to deal with illegal immigration, to take back their individuals that have been in our country illegally,” she said. “We want to repatriate them home. And they can be partners. So economically, yes, they will feel – they will feel pain. They will feel what this consequences are, and we’ll be able to continue to go forward with a president who’s strong, who’s putting America first.”
Host Kristen Welker noted that Trump indicated that the reason he was…
