Republican strategist Scott Jennings clashed with a CNN panel Tuesday night over President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico over border security and fentanyl.
President Trump announced plans on Tuesday to impose 25% tariffs on products from Mexico and Canada. post Writing in Truth Social, he argued that both countries need to do more to stop illegal immigration and drugs from crossing the border into the United States. Jennings said the threat of tariffs was necessary to get the attention of Mexican and Canadian leaders. (Related article: 'The panic is so outrageous': Scott Jennings hits back at CNN panelists who are horrified by the idea of Musk buying MSNBC)
“Obviously it started a conversation and it's something they need. There's not a lot of fentanyl coming across the border, but there is some coming across the border,” Jennings said. talked about. “I think what Mexico needs to do is stop the people, stop the drugs. That's coming across the southern border.”
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“They're terrible neighbors. They're terrible neighbors, and Donald Trump needed to get their attention, and I think he did that,” Jennings continued. “I agree with you, this is the beginning of a negotiation. But it's not just the economy. It's national security. And this poison is what's killing Americans across this country.”
Lempell, previously bipartisan, argued. invoice Border security and fentanyl were supposed to be the subject of negotiations between Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, and independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. President Trump and House Republicans opposed the deal, arguing it did not do enough to secure the border.
“Did you know that there actually was a bipartisan bill aimed at strengthening fentanyl detection technology at the border, and Trump killed it?” Lampel argued. “This was a bipartisan border bill that President Trump basically unilaterally killed.”
The Senate failed to adjourn a motion to begin consideration of a border security bill bundled with foreign aid. vote 50-49 on February 7th.
“You keep fighting these old battles. Donald Trump won, and he wants and wants border security,” Jennings told Rumpel of the failed bipartisan vote. continued to claim that the bill was a “solution.”
“That's not the only solution, because Mexico has to do something,” Jennings told Rampel. “It's a crisis [and] they don't do anything. ”
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