Republican Senator Marco Rubio praised President Trump’s recent negotiations with Mexico regarding the continued flow of illegal migrants into the US, while slamming the mainstream media for its negative spin on the issue.
“The threat of tariffs got [Mexico] to agree to take unprecedented steps to control illegal migration,” said Rubio, who went on to speculate as to how the press will cover the negotiations.”
Rubio added, “It is going to be very hard for some of them to give [President Trump] credit for this,” and went on to cite an example of the media’s negative spin.
The threat of tariffs got #Mexico to agree to take unprecedented steps to control illegal migration.
Will be very interesting to see how media covers this now. It is going to be very hard for some of them to give @POTUS credit for this. https://t.co/XmKMrSH5gU via @NYTimes
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 8, 2019
A good example of how hard it will be for some in media to be fair in covering deal with #Mexico
This story opens with “Trump dropped his unpopular plan to impose tariffs after deal was reached” as if the tariffs had nothing to do with getting the deal https://t.co/0vnZScYtQw
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 8, 2019
Social media commentary indicated that users overwhelmingly agreed with President Trump, and supported his decision to use the threat of tariffs to force Mexico to address the issue.
Some users even expressed their hope that Trump would impose the tariffs anyway, while others warned the president to be prepared to put the tariffs into motion, should Mexico fail to live up to its end of the deal.
Trump does what’s necessary. The migration from Mexico has been happening for years, but lately there’s an increase due to the big business of Coyote Mafias, who entice poor people to pay $3,000 per person for a trip to the US.
MEXICO MUST STRICTLY CONTROL THEIR COYOTE MAFIAS.!— Elsa Canelon Karg (@CanelonDeMiel) June 8, 2019
Thank you President Trump for always fighting for us. ♥️🇺🇸👏
— Sheila Soderquist (@SheilaSoderqui1) June 8, 2019
Hope he’s ready to impose them if Mexico goes back on their word
— Terri0806 (@Terri0806) June 8, 2019
He found a way and now people can’t give him credit because they have an agenda
— Roland (@Roland52985762) June 8, 2019
The media is a joke
— dwiener (@dwiener7) June 8, 2019
They will spin more lies.
— Steve Zehnder (@SteveSzdawg1) June 8, 2019
Im skeptical of “any” deal with Mexico & was somewhat looking forward to the tariffs! The local riff-raff from Mexico whos setup Non-English businesses in our area was fearing the tariffs would be bad for their bis & i was thinking GOOD maybe you ll leave…
— APfn’S from The APS Show! (@APfnS) June 8, 2019