Kristi Noem explains tariffs are 'really' focused on stopping illegal fentanyl

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem assured that the strategy behind the Trump administration’s tariffs includes protecting the country’s residents from illegal fentanyl, specifically regarding how it is targeting the United States’s “next generation.”

The Trump administration threatened to implement tariffs against both Canada and Mexico on April 2, and has already implemented tariffs against China. Noem explained that while the U.S. wants both better trade deals and a stronger economy, the focus of these tariffs “really” is on stopping fentanyl from China from getting into the U.S.