Trump shifts date for Canada and Mexico tariffs -- again
President Trump said on Thursday that tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect next week — a day after he suggested that they would be postponed until April.
It's the latest in a pattern of vague and changeable tariff pronouncements, leading many to be unsure of how seriously to take the threats.
The 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods were initially scheduled for Feb. 1. However, at the last minute, Trump gave the allies a reprieve, after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that they were taking action to stop the flow of fentanyl and immigrants into the United States.
Trump then delayed the tariffs to early March. On Monday, Trump said the tariffs on Canada and Mexico would go ahead next week. But at his Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Trump said he was looking at April.
"April 2 — I was going to do April 1, but I'm a little bit superstitious, so I made it April 2 — the tariffs go on," he said when asked about the taxes during a wide-ranging, hourlong exchange with reporters during the Cabinet meeting,
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5299291/trump-tariffs-infrastructure-week
He doesn't know WTF he's doing. So neither do we.
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