The president knows his plans,” a White House official said, while Donald Trump presses ahead with tariffs that economists warn will push prices higher.

Vice President JD Vance is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday to highlight the tougher immigration policies that the White House says has led to dramatically fewer arrests for illegal crossings since Donald Trump began his second term.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the White House’s remarks on Mexico justifying unilateral tariffs on Mexican goods were “offensive, defamatory and groundless.” “There is no motive, reason or justification that supports this decision that will affect our peoples and nations,