Canada, Mexico & China need to understand US is not a dumping Ground - Karoline Leavitt, Whitehouse press secretary

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00:00The illegal surge of deadly drugs and of human beings that we have seen trafficked over the

00:10southern border and the northern border hence the tariffs on Canada and so the president is making

00:16it very clear to both Canada and Mexico that the United States is no longer going to be a dumping

00:20ground for illegal deadly drugs and illegal human beings and you saw President Scheinbaum already

00:26conceding and putting 10,000 troops permanent troops I would add not temporary Mexican soldiers

00:32on the southern border to deter some of that illegal migration so the president will continue

00:37to have these negotiations I won't get ahead of him he's also going to make sure that Secretary

00:41Besant soon to be Secretary Lutnik and Secretary Rubio are deeply involved in these negotiations

00:47as well. Sure well he said in the Oval Office it'll happen in the next couple of days I don't have a

00:52schedule yet but I can check with NSC and let you guys know and we'll obviously provide a readout

00:57of that call either via White House statement like we do or via Truth Social like we do sometimes as well.

01:03Caitlin.

01:06Yes.

01:08I can confirm he's a special government employee I can also confirm that he has abided by all applicable

01:14federal laws as for his security clearance I'm not sure but I can check back with you.

01:18Well I'm not so sure that's true you know the ceasefire was extended because of the work of

01:24President Trump and his presidential envoy Steve Whitcoff who has proven to be an incredibly effective

01:30negotiator and the president and this entire administration are committed to having all of

01:36the hostages come home and as you've seen his team is working very very hard to do that and

01:40that's right it had no decision what impacted the delay on the tariffs was the president of Mexico

01:50committing to putting 10,000 permanent soldiers on the U.S. Mexican border. The president cares

01:55about American lives and as I just said on television there's a lot of talk about the markets there's a

02:00lot of talk about you know the cost of goods this administration is wholeheartedly committed to

02:06bringing down the cost of living in this country you see that through deregulation through the energy

02:10actions this president has taken and also through his commitment to cutting taxes but when it comes

02:15to the cost of an American life I think for those of us who have children you would there's not enough

02:20money in the world to bring back the lives that have been lost because of the illegal drug and border

02:24crisis and the president is committed to ensuring that Canada and Mexico and China are understand that

02:31the United States is not going to be a dumping ground for illegal fentanyl that is killing young people in

02:36this country it's the leading cause of death amongst those aged 18 to 34 and that's the president's

02:41number one priority is protecting American lives yeah I hate to be coy but just because I believe

02:48they're on the phone right now I'll have to go in and check I don't want to get ahead of the

02:52discussions or the conversations but in the effort of transparency we will either provide a readout or

02:56you'll hear from the president directly they won't get caught in the middle if they just comply with

03:01what the United States is asking for which are very simple measures to work with us when it comes

03:06to border security to cooperate with the repatriation of their nation's citizens you saw President Trump

03:12effectively utilize tariffs when he was negotiating with Colombia last weekend as well ultimately they

03:17conceded and agreed to the deportation flights that have many of them have landed in the last week