800 481 700 coventry direct redefining insurance. >> prices will. >> go up. that warning from target's ceo as president trump escalates his trade war. i'm pamela brown. >> and we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the situation room. >> christina macfarlane harakat al-muqawama al-islamiyya. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin this hour with more breaking news this morning. one u.s. retailer is warning that america's newly escalated trade war will start costing you, our viewers here in the united states, more money in a matter of a few days. >> it could impact all of us. inflation weary americans could

see these price increases very soon across a wide range of items, from food and electronics to big ticket items like cars. cnn's alayna treene is at the white house ahead of the president's primetime speech to congress tonight. and cnn global economic analyst rana foroohar is in new york. rana. so let's listen to what the ceo of target said this morning about how quickly people will see the effect of these tariffs. >> the consumer will likely see price increases. >> over the next couple of days. you think about all the fresh produce. you know, we depend on mexico during the winter. we're going to try to make sure we can do everything we can to protect pricing. but if there's a 25% tariff, those prices will go up. >> for things like what? strawberries, avocados? bananas. >> what are we. >> talking about? i've got that list. right. >> is that so? >> those are some of the key items. >> and those prices could change within days. >> in the stores. certainly over the next week. >> so those clearly were some strong words. rana, how unusual is this message from such a

massive retailer. >> it's very unusual. it's really unprecedented, actually, in terms of saying this is going to hit in a few days. of course, the items that he is talking about are things that are very perishable. there wouldn't be a lot of supply being kept on hand. and that gets at a key point. tariffs are something that if supply is short, can hit very quickly. if there is a certain amount of stockpiling of things. you know, if we're talking about clothes or cars, that's going to take longer to pass through the system. but there is no question that this is going to be hitting americans in the next days, weeks and months. you know, these are across the board tariffs. they're really going to be a case study in just how integrated global supply chains have become and how when you you know, when you drop something in one place, it can have a ripple effect elsewhere. we're really in an unprecedented territory. i would say. >> elena, how does the president plan to address this in his speech tonight? >> well, that is a key question. i'm also very much looking

forward to see how republicans in the room react to some of what he says regarding tariffs, particularly when you note, pamela and, wolf, that one, the market is down some 1300 points in the last two days. and then also taking into effect into account, i should say, what target has said. but look, to give you a broader sense of this speech, what i'm really looking for is whether or not we're going to see the donald trump who goes off script and kind of gives into his impulses and, and, you know, tries to appeal to his base. throw red meat to the maga side of his party, or is he going to be more presidential? try to call for unity. as we know, his advisers have been urging him to do behind the scenes, even when you account for what they wanted him to do. for his inaugural address as well. now, the theme for this speech tonight is the renewal of the american dream, but i'm told it's actually going to be very focused heavily on domestic policy. but of course, pamela wolf, one of the big things that everyone is going to be looking for is what his rhetoric is like on foreign policy, particularly when you take into account

ukraine, something we know he is going to address this evening. >> all right. alayna treene ron, thank you so much, wolf. >> i want to get some more on the breaking news we're following. joining us now, maryland's democratic governor, wes moore. governor, thank you so much for joining us. i know you've spent a lot of time looking at all of this. how are these tariffs, these new tariffs being imposed by the trump administration going to affect your state of maryland? >> well. >> this is going. >> to hit marylanders very, very hard because they will just continue watching the price of all of our goods go up. because when you are imposing these kind of blanket tariffs, arbitrary ideologically opposed and based tariffs, it is going to increase the price of all goods ranging from everything from the groceries that are in the grocery store to how we're thinking about the basic the basic needs for for families. and so this type of work is really just counter to what people are hoping for. when you think about the last election, you know, people hoped for

disruption. what they're getting is destruction. and there is a core key difference about how people are thinking about what they want for government to be able to do. if you look at how, in contrast, what we're doing here in the state of maryland, where we are working to pass legislation to give the middle class a tax cut, to making it easier for businesses to be able to grow and thrive within our state. and you're seeing how the federal government is doing things that's actually increasing costs. it's just counter to what anyone hoped for and frankly, what middle class families need in this moment. >> the president's allies, governor, have defended his tariff threats as a negotiating tactic. but now that they've actually taken effect and they have over the past 24 hours, do you worry that these tariffs, they will be enormous, could could be here to stay? >> well, it's just difficult to argue that they're a negotiating tactic when you see the impact that it's already had, the negative impact that it's already had. we're watching a stock market that is cratering. we are watching how the price of goods are already increasing.

and some of our nation's largest ceos of our nation's largest retailers, who are already now saying that they are going to increase, increase their prices on the american people. so if this is a negotiation tactic, i'm just not sure how good a negotiator, uh, we actually have on board or how good these negotiations are going, because what we're then seeing is we're seeing retaliatory tariffs that are being put on the united states. we're seeing how how maryland, the largest importer that we have within our state is canada. and so you're going to see how goods that are coming from canada will rise in the state of maryland and will impact everyday marylanders. and so so if this is a negotiation tactic, i think it's time for people to really evaluate whether that tactic is actually working or whether it's actually hurting the american people. >> and it's clearly hurting the markets right now. the dow jones, we just showed our viewers, governor, down about 760 points so far just today. i want to look ahead while i have you, governor, to president trump's joint address to

congress later tonight. you say you came away concerned. your word. concerned after meeting with the president at the white house last month. is there anything he could say to reassure you during tonight's important speech? >> i want him to talk about what he's doing to actually help everyday americans, because right now, we're not seeing it right now. what we're seeing is, is federal agencies getting shuttered. what we're seeing is mass layoffs of federal workers. and we're watching not just unemployment rates that are rising. we're watching the cost of goods that are rising right alongside with it. you know, last friday i stood with a collection of federal workers in the state of maryland who have been directly impacted by this, where my state has over 160,000 federal workers inside the state of maryland. and i stood with jonathan person, who was an army vet like myself, who was now working for the department of homeland security and who was arbitrarily laid off. and we actually stood with jonathan and a handful of other federal

workers who have lost their jobs and announced that maryland is putting together a whole series of initiatives to be able to support our federal workers, that we're standing with our people, we will defend our people and we will protect our people. and so what i'm hoping to hear from the president of the united states tonight is what are the measures that the president is taking, and this administration is taking to making sure that we are protecting our people, that we are supporting them in this very difficult and challenging time. and so i'm hoping to hear what he's going to say about what we're going to do to address the rising cost of housing and prescription drugs, and not the things that we are doing to actually make those things go up. >> democratic senator elissa slotkin of michigan will be delivering your party's response to the trump speech tonight. what is the most effective message you think she could deliver? >> i think the most effective thing that any of us can do right now is just speak directly to the people, is to let them know that we hear their concerns and to actually tell them what

we're doing to be able to address it, where every single day we are working on initiatives here in the state of maryland that are focusing on things like giving middle class families a tax cut by taking a little bit of the economic pressure off of working families right now, particularly when they're watching the cost of everything go up. that what we're doing to make business, that making our business climate more friendly and address regulatory reform and permitting reform and streamlining government to make it easier on people. and what are we doing to actually invest in our people, in our public schools and our workforce training and our workforce development? i think people what people are looking for is not rhetoric. they're looking for results. and that's the thing that i think we've got to make sure we're centering all of our work on every single day. >> governor wes moore of maryland, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it very much. >> thank you so much. >> and, pamela, there's more breaking news. >> we have some breaking news coming in. canadian prime minister justin trudeau speaking right now after the u.s. left canada with 25% tariffs. let's listen.

>> so today, the united states launched. >> a trade war. >> against canada. their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. >> at the same time. >> they're talking about. working positively. >> with russia. appeasing vladimir. >> putin. a lying, murderous. >> dictator. make that make sense. >> canadians are. >> reasonable and we are polite, but we will not back down from a fight. not when our country and the well-being of everyone in it is at stake. at the moment, the u.s. tariffs came into effect in the early hours of this morning, and so did the canadian response. canada will be implementing 25% tariffs against $155 billion worth of american goods, starting with tariffs on

$30 billion worth of goods immediately and tariffs on the remaining $125 billion of american products in 21 days time. aujourd'hui. des droits de. milliards de dollars américain de marchandises. >> all right. we were just listening to canadian prime minister justin trudeau in response to president trump imposing this 25% tariffs on canada, he said that canada will not back down from a fight. and now canada is coming back with tariffs of their own against the u.s. >> pamela, his words were very strong. this is the prime minister of canada, america's closest ally, saying the united states under the trump administration now has launched what he calls a trade war against canada. let's go back and listen. >> drawn and not a moment

sooner. and should these tariffs not cease? we are in active and ongoing discussions with provinces and territories to pursue several non-tariff measures, measures which will demonstrate that there are no winners in a trade war. now, just like i did a month ago, i want to speak first directly to the american people. we don't want this. we want to work with you as a friend and ally, and we don't want to see you hurt either. but your government has chosen to do this to you. as of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically all across your country. your government has chosen to put american jobs at risk at the thousands of workplaces that succeed because

of materials from canada, or because of consumers in canada, or both. they have chosen to raise costs for american consumers on everyday essential items like groceries and gas, on major purchases like cars and homes and everything in between. they have chosen to harm american national security, impeding access to the abundant critical minerals, energy, building materials and fertilizers that we have and that the united states needs to grow and prosper. they've chosen to launch a trade war that will, first and foremost, harm american families. they have chosen to sabotage their own agenda that was supposed to usher in a new golden age for the united states. and they've chosen to undermine the

incredible work we've done together to tackle the scourge that is fentanyl, a drug that must be wiped from the face of the earth. so on that point, let me be crystal clear. there is absolutely no justification or need whatsoever for these tariffs today. now, the legal pretext your government is using to bring in these tariffs is that canada is apparently unwilling to help in the fight against illegal fentanyl will. that is totally false. let's look at the facts. our border is already safe and secure. far less than 1% of fentanyl flows and less than 1% of illegal crossings into the united states comes from canada. but we acted because we know we can always do

better. we responded to concerns, including from the president, by implementing an ambitious $1.3 billion border plan. a border plan that includes generational investments in new a.i. and imaging tools to stop the flow of fentanyl in its tracks. stronger coordination and information sharing with american agencies, along with the deployment of drones, helicopters and additional personnel to keep our border secure. now, a month ago, as part of an agreement with the united states that paused the tariffs, we made further commitments. we appointed kevin barrasso as our fentanyl czar, a man who dedicated his multi-decade career in law enforcement to combating organized crime networks and drug trafficking. we designated seven drug cartels sick evil

groups who cynically profit off the pain and suffering of people on both sides of the border, as the terrorist organizations that they are. and just yesterday, we launched a new joint operations partnership, supported by a $200 million investment between canada's security and law enforcement agencies, a partnership that will enhance the coordination of information and intelligence in order to thwart criminal gangs involved in the illegal fentanyl trade. and, critically, our actions are working as the u.s. states, as the u.s. customs and border protection. just acknowledged there was a 97% drop in fentanyl seizures from january compared to december, to a near zero low of less than half an ounce

seized in january. even with all the further enforcements and actions we have taken at the borders, in some, we stepped up. we engaged closely and constructively with the president and his administration. we did everything we promised. we stuck to our word and we did it because we believe in working together to protect our citizens. now, i want to speak directly to one specific american. donald, in the over eight years, you and i have worked together, we've done big things. we signed a historic deal that has created record jobs and growth in both of our countries. we've done big things together on the world stage, as canada and the u.s.

have done together for decades. for. generations. and now we should be working together to ensure even greater prosperity for north americans in a very uncertain and challenging world. now, it's not in my habit to agree with the wall street journal, but donald, they point out that even though you're a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do. we two friends fighting is exactly what our opponents around the world want to see. and now, to my fellow canadians, i won't sugarcoat it. this is going to be tough. even though we're all going to pull together, because that's what we do. we will use every tool at our disposal. so

canadian workers and businesses can weather this storm from expanding e.i. benefits and making them more flexible to providing direct support to businesses. we will be there as needed to help. but canada, make no mistake, no matter how long this lasts, no matter what the cost, the federal government and other orders of government will be there for you. we will defend canadian jobs. we will take measures to prevent predatory behavior that threatens canadian companies. because of the impacts of this trade war, leaving them open to takeovers. we will relentlessly fight to protect our economy. we will stand up for canadians every single second of every single day. because this country is worth fighting for. les derniers

mois. ont été scott bessent. et en mi puissant. >> all right. while the prime minister is speaking in french, i want to bring in cnn's paula newton. she's joining us from ottawa. cnn white house reporter alayna treene. paula, i've covered u.s. canadian relations for many, many years. i grew up in buffalo, new york, right on the border with canada. our family used to go to canada, to ontario, crystal beach every summer. we had a home there. so i spent a lot of time growing up effectively in canada. i have never seen this u.s. canadian relationship deteriorate as seriously as it has right now. the prime minister of canada saying the u.s. has declared a trade war against canada. have you ever seen this u.s. canadian relationship as as bad as it is right now? >> absolutely not. >> wolf. >> and i echo, you know, your thoughts in my entire lifetime, wolf, in terms of what you speak and that that very close friendship between americans and canadians, i have never seen

anti-americanism reach this height in my entire lifetime. and i want to note, wolf, that that was the prime minister, the man who will not be prime minister much longer, probably a matter of days. and it was really justin trudeau unplugged saying to that. saying that he could speak to the american people themselves in a blunt, forceful way because he doesn't have anything to lose now politically. and i do note that he basically said donald, addressing him directly, you are a smart man. but echoing the words of the wall street journal, this is a dumb thing to do. he also made it clear, though, to canadians, wolf, that look, he's not going to sugarcoat it. and this will be tough. wolf, what's interesting here is that so many people across canada are echoing what the prime minister has said. we have had leaders of provinces say that they are actually breaking up with america. and make no mistake here, wolf, this will hurt canadians. this will really bite. but it will also hurt many americans as well in

terms of what happens going forward. wolf, this is escalation. and justin trudeau is putting the united states on notice that there will be escalation. key though he did speak to those strategic industries. when we talk about critical minerals, we've heard so much about how many ukraine has. canada arguably has some of the largest deposits of critical minerals in the world. they were willing to certainly open themselves up to even american companies that wanted to come in and try and exploit that and try and clear some of the regulatory hurdles. it's clear the trump administration was not interested. wolf, this is a decoupling not just from canada, but certainly many, many western allies and europe right now. we've also been put on notice about tariffs in april are taking note. what happens next? we continue to see the fallout. we do hear that more measures, including what we discussed weeks ago about things like u.s. alcohol coming right off the shelves in canada. that's just one example of something that will hit republican states like

kentucky that will not be able to sell much of their bourbon into the into canada at all. but there is so much more here at stake. key is energy, both oil, but also natural gas and also electricity. and canada on the table right now has the threat of putting an export tariff on that which will instantly make. >> energy for a moment, because the prime minister has started taking some questions from reporters. he's speaking about vice president pence right now. excuse me, vice president vance. right now, i want to listen. >> very clearly that in terms of taking action on fentanyl, we are doing everything that is necessary and not just for the united states, for ourselves as well as canadians are suffering as well from the scourge that is illegal fentanyl. um, we have

laid out extensive plans, actions, cooperations, including as recently as the past days in washington, and they have always been very well received. and the numbers bear that out. i think in what president trump said yesterday, that there is nothing canada or mexico can do to avoid these tariffs. underlines very clearly what i think a lot of us have suspected for a long time that these tariffs are not specifically about fentanyl, even though that is the legal justification he must use to actually move forward with these tariffs. >> mr. mr. trudeau. >> vous avez vous monsieur trump? vous vous parlez? >> have you. >> talked. >> to mr. trump? >> besides that conversation. >> you. we. jasper i hope.

>> to talk to him to him in the future. i'm. my door is open. >> seemingly moving closer to moscow. um, this is a same day that the united. >> states. >> has announced it's suspending aid for ukraine. the prime minister, justin trudeau of canada, and saying that basically this idea that the reason for these tariffs is because of fentanyl is a false pretext. and he talked about all the things that canada has done to crack down and that less than 1% of fentanyl that was seized at the u.s. border was from canada. elena, it struck me. you're at the white house, and i'm wondering he talked about how he he hasn't talked to trump yet. he hopes to he called him. he tried to appeal to him directly, saying donald. and he said, you know, you're a smart man, but this is dumb. saying that, he agreed, agreed with the wall street journal. um, is there any reaction from the white house? elena? >> from the moment that we've heard him say that. not yet. that i've heard, um. paula. but look, this is something. or. pamela. excuse me? this is something that i think is

definitely going to receive a reaction from the president and the white house. this is some of the strongest language we have heard yet from the prime minister. a couple of things that really struck out to me, um, stuck out to me from what he has said. he said that they have stepped up, that they have been engaging repeatedly in conversations, as recently in the last couple of days with the trump administration, that they are doing everything that they can. um, as you mentioned, i think the point where he was addressing donald, he was addressed in the present directly by name, using that harsh language, going on to say, you know, we've worked together, we've had a relationship for several years. we've done big things together. we should be working together now. all things that we have heard, you know, him say, and maybe more nicer or friendlier terms before, but now you're hearing a very direct, harsh language from the prime minister. look, i mean, from what the president said yesterday and what has been kind of clear is he said yesterday that he doesn't believe there's any more room to negotiate when it comes to what canada and

mexico are doing. he has said very clearly that he believes they aren't doing enough on fentanyl. you heard the prime minister argue that he doesn't believe that's actually what these tariffs are about. and then today you heard a lot of donald trump's cabinet members, people like howard lutnick, the commerce secretary. you've heard peter navarro, the trade adviser to the president, argue that if they do see some real changes in stemming the flow of migrants and fentanyl from coming over the border, that perhaps these tariffs will be called off. um, but clearly this is a huge deterioration with allies that we have had. and one thing, of course, i think the real change that we could see is in the reaction that the president and the white house has to how the united states economy is being impacted already over the last couple of days, the last two days, we've seen the stock market drop some 1300 points. we're seeing companies like target saying prices are going to increase. that is something as well that will ignite some sort of reaction from this white house. >> yeah. we see the dow jones industrials down now just today

788 points at least so far. now 790 points. uh, we heard the prime minister elena, cite the wall street journal editorial in today's wall street journal, usually a conservative editorial page. the headline is trump takes the dumbest tariff plunge. and it writes this. we've quoted mr. trump's ire by calling the mexico and canada levies the dumbest in history, and we may have understated the point. mr. trump is whacking friends, not adversaries. and, you know, it's interesting because this u.s. canada relationship, which has always been so strong, so powerful, has now deteriorated to where this is going on. >> it's stunning. and he he talked about the fact that this is exactly what our adversaries want to see. this deterioration of an alliance that has so much history. well. >> i want to bring in retired u.s. army general, former nato supreme allied commander wesley clark. he's joining us right

now. general clark, thanks so much for joining us. let me first of all, get your reaction to prime minister trudeau's condemnation of what the trump administration is doing here. >> well, i think he's exactly right when he says that it's not about fentanyl. what is it about? what is it about when you want to sever the relationships with your closest ally, you know, you're worried about, uh, chinese and russian ships in the arctic. and so we're going to have a breach of our work with canada. it doesn't make sense. um, and so when you try to understand, this doesn't make economic sense, doesn't make strategic sense. it's just a break in the way that the u.s. operates. and yes, the market's going down, wolf, because when you look at something like this, it's not just about the tariffs. it's about the credibility of the united states. it's about the trustworthiness of the president. it's about what kind of leadership he brings to the united states. um, there were issues in the election. people knew this, but people were

concerned about the economy. let's look at the economy. but i'm concerned about what's happening in global affairs and u.s. security. and when i see what's being done to canada, a nation that's always been our ally. when i was nato commander, i couldn't have gotten any stronger support from any nation than i did from canada. a strong as the support i had from the united states. and yet, here we are, isolating canada and isolating the united states, really, from our nearest neighbors. it's a real threat to u.s. security. it's not about fentanyl. it's about to keep america safe. and this isn't the way to do it. >> it's hard to believe that this is going on. uh, general clark, the wall street journal in that editorial today, trump takes the dumbest tariff plunge. he also they also write this. mr. trump is whacking friends, not adversaries. do you agree with that? >> i do, i do. and, you know, uh, well, if i was talking to some other analysts this

morning, some very smart people on the inside, i think some people working in the administration really understand that president trump is being played by mr. putin. but i don't know if president trump really understands that after smashing our relationships with allies. and i'm sure this will make president putin really happy, too, after doing this, enticing putin to come to the table, what are we going to say to him? he's going to ask for more and more and more. what's it really about? and so i look at this as a severe departure from normal pattern of united states national security processes. we're bipartisan. we're nonpartisan in national security. and president trump has come in here and wants to turn the table upside down. he wants to somehow cozy up to mr. putin and disregard and insult and separate the united states from our allies. this is not going to end well. >> it's a very, very serious situation unfolding right now.

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michigan has been tapped to deliver the democrats official rebuttal after the trump speech. joining us now, democratic strategist james carville. james, thanks so much for joining us. you and i have known each other for a long time. what do you think democrats should be focusing on in their response later tonight? well. >> i'm hearing stuff about. possible democratic actions during the speech. and this i don't know how much of it is true. i would urge the democrats to understand this is a most critical point in the united states. and i'm 80 years old. uh, i don't remember. i was born in the day of the battle of lady gulf. the first kamikaze was on the day i came into this world, and this man is actively trying to to destroy the united states. and i think we ought to treat this moment with real gravitas. i think we've got a very good selection in senator slotkin to deliver the rebuttal. but my advice is either don't go or go and sit on your hands and

look grim, because the country is in a grim position right now. and i hope the democrats act like that. >> yeah, the relationship with close allies canada. who would have believed that the u.s. and canada are doing what they're doing right now because of what the trump administration is leveling against canada? the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, james, just gave a very important speech addressing president trump dict the american people about the impact of these new u.s. tariffs, telling trump, quote, you're a very smart guy. this is a very dumb thing to do. what do you make of this? >> well, i think the he pointed out the wall street journal editorial page. use him people from uxt and i am too, because i've come to think maybe donald trump hates the united states. i a very significant thing. my thing to have that look at mexico, north america for the

past 20 years has been an economic powerhouse. i mean, if you look at the economic power of canadia, canada, the united states and mexico, it's it's pretty impressive. and i, you know, i don't know, because you try to explain why is he doing this? why is he doing this to zelenskyy? why is he voting with north korea and russia and god knows, belarus and the united nations? and i just can't get it out of my mind that i think this man is some possibility. we have to consider the possibility that our president hates our country. uh, the people say no, he's just full of resentment or something. and that that could be true. but that does explain why he's going out of his way to hurt the country at every juncture that he can. i mean, to the point of siding with north korea and belarus.

>> are you referring to that united nations resolution which the u.s. joined north korea, belarus, russia and avoiding? i didn't want the u.s. under the trump administration, didn't want to criticize russia for its invasion, its brutal invasion of ukraine. some republicans are speaking out against trump's tariffs on goods from mexico, canada and china. others say they think voters will get on board. listen to what gop congressman marc alfred said about this. listen to this. >> we all. >> have a role. >> to play in this, to rightsize our government. and if i have to pay a little bit more for for something, i'm all for it to get america right again, to start whittling down this 36.5 billion or trillion dollars worth of debt that we have, that's unsustainable. >> do you think that a lot of your constituents feel the same way they're willing to pay a little bit more? >> well, i think so. >> so you famously said, and i remember it because we were all down in arkansas in little rock at the time, during the bill clinton campaign. it's the

economy, stupid. so what's your response to congressman alfred's claims that americans won't mind paying the price for these tariffs? >> well, i'm trying to take a deep breath here so i don't come out of my chair and start punching my computer. but it's i recall when he ran, he was going to bring grocery prices down from day one, and he was going to give relief to the american consumer. we're not to what are we six weeks into this? maybe not even that. and i said, well, you might have to pay more, but it's good for your country. did anybody ever hear that? then you have what has to be one of the most colossally, i don't know, funny, stupid or, what's the word to it? the secretary of agriculture actually suggested that people grow chickens in their backyards to deal with the price of eggs. so this is where we are. yes, you're going to have to pay more, but you're going to like it. and if you want to help it a little bit,

get some chickens and put them in your backyard. it's not i'm not kidding. okay. we've seen this with our own eyes, and i'm sitting in this chair just, you know, trying to take a deep breath and say, a couple of hail marys for strength to again, to not just punch the computer in frustration. but this is where we are, man. and we shouldn't kid ourselves. >> it's hard to believe this is going on. and and you make an important point because farmers, the agricultural community in the united states, agricultural states, they're going to pay a huge price right now because the u.s. exports a lot of farm products to canada and mexico for that matter. but that's going to clearly dry up in the face of all of these tariffs and this trade war that has developed between the u.s. and these two neighbors. james carville, thanks so much for joining us. much more news coming up. we'll be right back. >> it's the news. >> welcome back. but it's also kind of not the news.

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spend less time worrying about putin. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said, quote, nobody wants peace more than ukrainians. in response to all of this. i want to discuss more now with republican congressman carlos gimenez of florida. he is a member of the house armed services committee. congressman, thank you for being here. are you concerned that this white house is changing its allegiance to align itself with russia, as russia said it is doing? >> no, i'm not, i'm not i'm not. >> concerned with. >> that one bit. i think that the president of the united states is trying to bring peace to ukrainian and russian war. we need to stop this senseless bloodshed. and so i'm not concerned about that at all. i know what what he's saying. i think what he's trying to do, and it probably pretty successful at it is knocked zelenskyy off of his spot, which is i want to regain all of my my territory. i want to go back to 1991 borders. that's just not being realistic. we need to get to a point where we bring russia to the table, have ukraine at the table. but with the united states at its side. i understand

now that zelenskyy has said that he's willing to sign the mineral rights deal and come back to to washington. and so i hope that happens. and once he does that, then he'll have america by his side and that zelenskyy and ukraine will be in a >> a dictator, but not putin himself, who you have called a murderous dictator, because you need to get to the lenski office spot in linsky zola's gave as long as he felt that somehow and that he wanted all his territory back and he wasn't going to budge.

>> then there was no room for negotiations. and so, yeah, you need to knock him off his spot a little bit. hey, wait a minute. we're not in it all the way. you need to be, you know, you need to. you need to work with us. so i understand the strategy very well. and so, you know, you're telling me that what that that russia is saying now that, that trump is closer to them. you really believe russia? i don't believe a word that putin says. and so, look, the president is trying to bring peace to ukraine and russian war, if it were anyone but donald trump, you the press would be saying, wow, what a what a great initiative, really looking out for peace for once instead of an endless war. so i'm fine with what the president is doing. i didn't like what happened on friday, especially with zelenskyy. he should have just said thank you very much. he came to sign the agreement and he and he hedged on that. now he's going to come back to the table and sign the agreement again, signing that agreement then puts america by his side, puts america by ukraine. our interests are now aligned. that's a pretty good security. >> what, congressman, i have to jump in here. i always like to

give you time, but i also want to make sure that that we're having a dialog and a conversation. as you well know, it was the vice president, jd vance, who interjected in that meeting. but, you know, look, you say that this is all about getting peace, but what do you say to the fact that all of these concessions have already been made and russia has not come to the table with anything that i've seen? you have the senate intelligence committee, the top democrat there, saying it is, quote, abundantly clear that trump hasn't secured anything in return for helping putin. what has he gained from all of these steps he's taking to appease russia.? >> at this point? he hasn't gained much, but he needs to get zelenskyy to sign the mineral rights deal. and then when he does that, then you now have the united states next to next to ukraine. we have the same interests now in ukraine. we have a national interest with the with the rare earth minerals in ukraine, where we'll have american companies in ukraine, and we will help rebuild ukraine. unless you have america standing by your side, then you're not going to get the russians to come to the

negotiating table. and that's what the president is trying to do. i understand it is unconventional. yeah, it's unconventional, but i think that he's working. he's working it in the way that he knows how to. >> very, very quickly. and we will see. are you concerned about prices rising? target ceo said prices are going to rise in the next couple of days. donald trump said he would lower prices. day one. that's not happening. do you want to see more urgency? >> no. what i want to see i mean, you're talking about the tariffs. i think what i want to see is i want to see mexico and canada stop shipping fentanyl that's killed over half a million americans in the last five years. what do you tell the families of those that have lost their lives due to the inaction of the mexican and the canadian government? that's what these tariffs are really all about. and the number one job, the number one job of a government is to protect its citizens. and and donald trump and his tariffs is looking to do just that instead of taking kinetic action. he's taking economic action in order to protect american lives. >> right now, as you well know that the canadian prime minister

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