Mexico Sending 10,000 Troops to Border, Trump Says

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• 00:00APPROPRIATE. I AM SURE YOU DID NOT RECOGNIZE THEM. WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT CANADA OR CHINA COULD ALSO GET OUT OF THE TARIFFS A FEW DEER — AFTER YOU STRUCK A DEAL WITH MEXICO? PRES. TRUMP: WE HAD A GREAT TALK WITH MEXICO. AND WE HAD PRESIDENT SHEINBAUM — I LIKE HER VERY MUCH. WE HAVE HAD GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BUT WE HAVE TO STOP FENTANYL FROM COMING IN WHETHER I LIKE SOMEBODY OR NOT AND WE HAVE TO STOP THE ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM COMING IN. I THINK WE LOST 200,000 PEOPLE ON AVERAGE A YEAR FOR MANY YEARS, MUCH HIGHER THAN THE 100000 AND IT COULD BE CLOSER TO 300,000. AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO PUT IN 10,000 SOLDIERS PERMANENTLY LIKE FOREVER. 10,000 SOLDIERS AT THEIR SIDE OF THE BORDER AND STOP FENTANYL AND ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY. THEY HAVE A BIG INCENTIVE. OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE AGREED TO TALK AND CONSIDER VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. WE HAVE NOT AGREED ON TARIFFS YET AND MAY BE WE WILL, MAYBE WE WON’T. BUT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP. I ALSO SPOKE WITH PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU OF CANADA AND WE HAD A GOOD TALK IN THE MORNING BUT I DID ASK HIM A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW, BANKS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO BUSINESS IN CANADA. CANADA IS VERY TOUGH. WE ARE NOT TREATED WELL BY