Trump discussed the tariffs in a series of posts on his social media platform, Truth Social. One update announced the official orders of the tariffs, stating that the decision was made to “protect” Americans “because of the major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs killing our Citizens, including fentanyl.”

President Donald Trump says Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China

U.S. stock futures pointed to an opening skid on Monday after President Donald Trump mostly followed a threat he's made for months to launch steep tariffs against Canada and Mexico and increase them on China.