It's Tuesday, February 4th, 2025, a day of capitulation from Canada and Mexico.

If you want to know when you're hurting your enemies, pay attention to when they whine,

and why the scope of Trump's tariff program might be going way beyond what even I had thought.

Next on the AM update.

It was just an opening salve.

If we can't make a deal with China, then the tariffs will be very, very substantial.

It is really, really a sad day in America.

Elon Musk, you didn't create U.S. aid. The United States Congress did.

If Doge attacks USAID today, they'll move on to another target tomorrow. Maybe it'll be the

postal service. To the cartels, all options are on the table. Globalization, it's been very good

for rich people in rich countries. It's been extraordinarily bad for middle class people in rich

countries. Well, I told you about those Trump tariffs hitting Mexico and Canada, our closest two geographic neighbors and two of our largest trade partners over the weekend.

Trump promised tariffs of 25% on pretty much all goods coming in from those countries, unless they promise to do their job and securing their own borders.

Well, less than about 48 hours later,

both countries have completely and utterly capitulated to Donald Trump's demands. Beginning with

Mexico yesterday morning, President Claudius Scheinbaum said they're going to supply 10,000

Mexican troops to the southern border, or Mexico's northern border with the United

States. Those soldiers, Shinebom told Trump, will be specifically designated to stopping the flow

of fentanyl and other illegal aliens into the country. Then shortly after that in the afternoon,

Prime Minister Justin Castro of Canada announced a similar measure saying he's deploying

10,000 Canadian troops to their southern border with the United States' northern border for the

same purposes. Trudeau also says he's appointing a fentanyl czar and listing cartels as terrorist

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