In an interview on Sunday, the Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, defended the decision of President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, saying: “Economically, yes, they will do so, they will feel pain. They will sit what the consequences are the consequences , and we will be able to move forward with the president, who is strong, who is putting the United States first. “
Noem emphasized the justification of the Trump administration to impose tariffs on the three nations, saying that the three countries have not been cooperative in the efforts of the United States to stop the flow of fentanyl into the country.
She dismissed the fact that the amount of fentanyl intercepted on the northern border last year was a fraction of the quantity intercepted on the southern border, according to customs statistics and border protection.
“In what we have sent a message this week is that we will not only enforce our southern border. We are going to put additional resources on that northern border too. So Canada needs to come to the table,” Noem said during an interview in ” Meet The Press “from NBC News.
Senator Eric Schmitt, R-MO., Made the same point, saying that the moderator of “knowing the” Kristen Welker “press, I think these rates specifically, Kristen, are destined to take Canada and Mexico to the table to the table for the Fentanil that is transmitting in our communities. “
He added: “The fact is that these countries take advantage of us all the time while we have fentanil that is transmitted to our country. Therefore, Mexico has an option. They can choose to trade with the United States or continue welcoming with the posters.
Both Noem and Schmitt dismissed the concerns that prices will increase in a variety of goods for US consumers as a result of rates, even as Trump himself recognized in a publication about the Sunday of truth of truth that Americans may feel “Some pain” due to tariffs.
“This will be the Golden Age of America! Will there be any pain? Yes, maybe (maybe not!),” Trump wrote. “But we will make the United States great again, and everything will be worth the price to be paid.”
Later, Noem told Welker “if prices go up, it is because of other people’s reactions to the laws of the United States.”
Schmitt ruled out the reports in a similar way that the prices of consumer goods could increase, saying that tariffs “work” to affect the economy positively in other ways.
“The first time I was in office worked, we didn’t see inflation, we saw a salary growth and saw more job jobs here in the United States,” Schmitt said.
But Senator Mark Kelly, a Arizona Democrat, launched the Trump administration on Sunday, saying that linking immigration and border security to tariffs “will damage US families.”
“Kristen, we are talking about two different things here,” he told Welker later in the program.
“Border security is important,” Kelly acknowledged, but “what the president has proposed here, raising tariffs on Canada and Mexico, will only do one thing.”
Kelly argued that the measure “will raise prices for US consumers.”
He added: “It will damage American families. They will see that prices rise for food, energy, electronics, I think he mentioned that, for cars. This is not the way to handle this.”