President Donald Trump said he agreed to “immediately pause” tariffs on Mexico for a month after a conversation with the country’s president Claudia Sheinbaum, who he said will send 10,000 soldiers to the border with the United States.
This comes as Trump is set to hold another call with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau later on Monday as tariffs to that country still loom.
Over the weekend, the president announced extraordinary new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, and the leaders of all three countries had announced retaliatory measures.
The 25% US tariffs on Mexico had been set to take effect at midnight ET.
Meanwhile the fate of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) appears bleak after Elon Musk said Trump agreed the agency needed to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding was frozen and dozens of its employees were put on leave.
In Washington, USAID’s headquarters was closed for the day, with employees told in an email to remain at home.
In a related development, Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for spy chief, is expected to meet with GOP senators this week as behind-the-scenes efforts continue to shore up support for her nomination among GOP skeptics.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to vote on her nomination Tuesday afternoon. Another controversial Cabinet pick, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., could also face pushback ahead of a Senate vote.
