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.
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.
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.
On Monday, Doral police issued an alert about road closings and expected heavy traffic. Key intersections near Trump National Doral Miami, 4400 NW 87th Ave., will be closed from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to allow his motorcade clear access out of the resort for his four-mile trip to the airport.
Videos circulating online showed the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, playing golf amid a diplomatic standoff with Colombia.
President Trump has ordered tariffs and visa restrictions be imposed on Colombia in retaliation for not accepting two deportation flights.
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.
With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for the rainforest.
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