Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge.
It turns out the four-year border crisis took a single phone call to fix, suggesting maybe they didn’t want to fix it.
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump fixed the border by announcing tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China unless their governments start controlling the border and fentanyl trafficking.
Specifically, Trump threatened 25% blanket tariffs on everything from Mexico and Canada and an extra 10% on China.
The reaction was immediate: Within 40 minutes of issuing his threat on X, Trump posted that he had a “great conversation” with Mexico’s president where she agreed to stop migration through Mexico and promised cooperation on controlling drugs at the border.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, meanwhile, gave an impromptu street…
