Donald Trump appeared to be playing golf when he announced retaliatory tariffs on Colombia after its president barred U.S. deportation flights from landing in the country.
The immigration crackdown has sparked tensions internationally. On Sunday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro clashed with Trump after Colombia sent planes carrying deported immigrants back to the U.S. Trump responded by threatening tariffs, ultimately prompting Petro to agree to cooperate.
A day after the dispute between Colombia and the United States over migrant deportations, two Republican congressmen from South Florida said any country that rejects the deportation of its nationals would face sanctions or other punitive measures.
Trump’s move to pause all federal grants and loans is a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., who is often considered an institutionalist who has insisted upon the importance of Congressional power. “I don’t think putting a hold on things is extraordinary.”
President Donald Trump has been called out for hitting the golf course just one week after being sworn in for his second term. The president was pictured playing golf at the Trump National Doral in Miami on Monday morning following a week of issuing executive orders on a raft of MAGA pledges, including a crackdown on immigration.
President Trump has ordered tariffs and visa restrictions be imposed on Colombia in retaliation for not accepting two deportation flights.
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Air Force One landed at Miami International Airport Saturday night, before President Donald Trump quickly got into an awaiting vehicle and headed to Trump National Doral, where he will meet with fellow Republicans on Monday.
President Donald Trump has already forced Colombia to accept deportees by threatening tariffs and is readying the same move against Canada and Mexico as soon as Saturday.
With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for the rainforest.
I think he’s going to be wise in how he does that,’ the House speaker said Monday of Trump’s warnings to America’s neighbors.