Schiff: Trump Using Tariffs to Get Others to Do More on Border, Fentanyl Is Victimhood

Breitbart ^ | 03/05/2025 | Ian hatchett

[ChicagoConservative27]

During an interview that took place during NBC’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s speech before Congress, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) responded to a question on President Donald Trump using tariffs to try to get other countries to do more about illegal immigration and fentanyl by saying that Trump’s rhetoric on the subject “reminded me that he views the whole world through the prism of victimhood.”

Host Kristen Welker asked, “What about his argument, though, he says, look, these countries are taking advantage of the United States. He says that these tariffs are necessary, not just to deal with people who are coming across the border illegally, but also to deal with the flood of fentanyl — now, of course, that’s largely happening in China, we’re not seeing that in Canada, for example, at all [at] the same levels — but does he have a point that the United States needs to get tougher in terms of its tariff policy in order to send a message?”

[ChicagoConservative27]

You disgusting POS. 🙄

[OttawaFreeper]

Your mid week morning laugh or throw up story.

[Gay State Conservative]

Schiff-For-Brains wants to be President some day.

[traditional2]

Specifically last night, Trump didn’t acknowledge pencil-neck as he walked right by him.....Schiffty knows that sooner or later, Pardon or not, he’s gonna get his ass in front of an Inquiry and has no 5th Amendment protection.....he KNOWS his days are numbered.

[Russ]

He’s a Democrat. They’re all POS. Possessed.

[Gay State Conservative]

Hey,Ottawa Freeper...I've read that Trump's recent comments about “51st state” and tariffs have boosted Trudeau's approval ratings substantially. Is that true?

[Cowgirl of Justice]

He is matching the tariffs that other countries have HAD on us, you POSchiff.

By the way, how is your buddy, Ed Buck doing? Were you ever with him when he was injecting young black men with meth so he could rape them as he would watch them die?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Thank you Schiffty. You may go now.

[piusv]

Can someone please explain how these tariffs help these countries “do more about immigration and fentanyl”? Thank you.

[piusv]

*illegal* immigration.

[From The Deer Stand]

Why doesn’t this guy just shut up? Nobody takes him seriously.

[MrRelevant]

Mexico deploys the first National Guard troops to U.S. border after tariff threat

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[rlmorel]

I will assume you really are looking for an answer instead of simply being anti-tariff or anti-Trump.

Tariffs mean less goods (from a country they are levied on) will be sold in the country applying the tariffs to those goods. It is that simple.

So, if you are Mexico (or Canda, or China) and the USA puts tariffs on your goods, your country is going to have two choices (apart from a tit-for-tat tariff war which they will lose) by applying their own tariffs on US imports into their countries:

They can find other countries to export their goods to, or they can cut back on their output. Those are their only choices. Choice one (to find another country to export to) is a difficult one, or they would have already done it to grow their economy, and the second choice, to cut back on output means layoffs of workers, a decrease in GDP, a decrease in taxes, greater government deficits, unhappy citizens, and upheaval in their own country.

So, in the CLEAR case of Mexico who manufactures the Fentanyl from precursors provided by China and ships the finished product across the border, and who also deliberately has been facilitating the flood of illegal immigration over the border into the USA so they can decrease their own social spending burden while gleaning more money sent back from illegals working under the table in the USA who don't pay taxes, their refusal to both stop the Fentanyl production and illegal exportation to the USA, and their refusal to not only stop actively assisting the flood of illegal immigration from their country into the USA are behaviors that tariffs will ensure have real world consequences.

If they refuse to stop their deliberately destructive actions against the USA, their economies will pay the price. In real time.

Who are the three countries who are most discussed with respect to tariffs on imports into the USA? Mexico, China, and Canada.

Do you see anything unusual for the monthly summary of USA imports in this chart below that summarizes the imports into the USA for November 2024? (Hint: It is the three largest specific country importers into the USA.)

You are most welcome.

[piusv]

Absolutely sincere question. I am pro-Trump.

[OttawaFreeper]

FYI:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/conservatives-rebound-with-voters-regain-double-digit-lead-as-liberals-slide-poll/ar-AA1Afj74?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=dbec18da876948f4d5f17a6cd14c992b&ei=8#comments

https://338canada.com/polls.htm

[Mastador1]

Funny, I thought Carrot and stick was a staple of US diplomacy/foreign affairs for ever, and used by both republican and democrat administrations.

Little Adam needs to slow down his nighttime maneuvers, he's had to much shit packed and the pressure on his brain is just too much.

[Vaduz]

It’s hard to tell who’s more crazy Sen. Adam Schiff or those who elected him.

Oh Wait (D) California

[Old Yeller]

If I were Schiff, I would shut up and lay real low. Maybe try to blend into the wallpaper.

[Real Cynic No More]

Can someone please explain how these tariffs help these countries “do more about immigration and fentanyl”? Thank you.

The tariffs have not been designed to "help" these countries; they're designed to "coerce" them into doing more. If the tariffs succeed, then they will be reduced.

[rlmorel]

Very good...:)

Did the explanation make sense? It is simple carrot-and-stick motivation when rational requests for alterations of intentionally destructive governmental policies by other countries are either outright flaunted or simply ignored.

Which is what all three of those countries are doing...Canada, China, and...Mexico.

It is interesting-I had a sea change in my opinion of Donald Trump back in 2016 when he ran, and I knew very little about him.

I have not watched television for decades, so other than being a reportedly eccentric rich real estate guy from New York with odd hair who had buildings named after him, I knew very little about Donald Trump before he ran.

I knew only that he had been on some reality show (still haven't ever watched an episode) and that was it.

So, I thought that, when he ran, he might have been doing it as a stunt for all I knew. I really didn't know what to make of him. But in trying to learn more about him, I saw Trump's interview with Larry King in 1987...even back in 1987, Trump was extremely indignant and angry at the way the US has been (and is) taken advantage of in trade with foreign countries and it came across clearly in this interview below:

1987 Trump interview by Larry King

I am certain he still feels that way about this...which is good. And it clearly and unequivocally shows why he is not at all hesitant to use tariffs as a lever to change offensive and destructive behavior by foreign governments who otherwise give a giant grinning middle finger to the US government when it complains about that behavior.