President Trump is flexing his muscle just a week into his presidency, using tariffs and sanctions as a leverage tool to enact his agenda, even when it involves U.S. allies. Trump caused a stir
There were no Situation Room meetings and no quiet calls to de-escalate a dispute with an ally. Just threats, counterthreats, surrender and an indication of the president’s approach to Greenland and Panama.
The president is increasingly threatening other countries with tariffs for issues that have little to do with trade.
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Score one for Trump’s tariff threat tactic, as Colombia caves on deportation flights
Trump orders 25% tariffs on Colombia after US planes deporting migrants turned back
The president says he ordered tariffs and other sanctions on Colombia after it barred US military flights carrying deported migrants.
Trump deported 200 Colombians. None were criminals, Colombian officials say.
Among the deportees who arrived back home Tuesday in Colombia were two pregnant women and more than 20 children.
In just a week, the president has floated financial reprisals for Mexico, Canada, Russia, Denmark and Colombia. The hostilities could backfire.
Colombia stopped resisting President Donald Trump’s deportation of its unwanted nationals. But America First bullying may yet provoke a backlash. The row casts a pall over the first trip abroad by Marco Rubio,
At this pace, the newly inaugurated Republican president should be able to alienate just about every other country on the planet by, say, mid-summer.
Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said Monday he thinks, at some point, at least one country will call President Trump’s bluff on his tariff threat, which could have consequences on
The big promise Trump made in foreign policy was that he would end the Russia–Ukraine war “in 24 hours,” even before taking the oath of office. In fact, though, when he put his peace plan on the table,
Donald Trump claimed an early victory for a coercive foreign policy based on tariffs and hard power on Sunday after announcing Colombia had backed down in a dispute over migrant repatriation flights.
At this pace, the newly inaugurated Republican president should be able to alienate just about every other country on the planet by, say, mid-summer.
It is now a weapon being used against us.” Trump’s skepticism about U.S. support for Ukraine and Taiwan, his eagerness to impose tariffs, and his threats to retake the Panama Canal, absorb Canada, and acquire Greenland make it clear that he envisions a return to nineteenth-century power politics and spheres of interest,
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