President Donald Trump is choosing to move forward with his proposal to impose a 5% tariff on goods from Mexico, despite opposition from his top advisers.
Top advisers, including Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin have pushed back on the president's plans, multiple White House sources tell ABC News.
Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to share his thoughts on the tariff plans, saying that"the word TARIFF is a beautiful word" when"foreign countries have been robbing and deceiving for years." Under the plan, the tariffs on all goods would begin at 5% on June 10 but jump 5% each month, growing as high as 25% by October unless Mexico takes action to"dramatically reduce or eliminate the number of illegal aliens crossing its territory into the United States," a White House statement from earlier this week said.
“These tariffs, unlike previous tariffs that we’ve seen, where they’re targeted maybe at particular imports, these are broad based,” said Neil Bradley, the executive vice president for the pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce, earlier this week.
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