Commerce Sec. Lutnick Delivers Some Good News on Tariff Tussle With Canada and Mexico

Nick Arama reporting for RedState 

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had some news that sounded good in the wake of the tariff tussle with Canada and Mexico. President Donald Trump has been trying principally to get them to do more on the border. So this is about having them come through on that to Trump's satisfaction to reduce the number of Americans dying from Fentanyl. 

Lutnick indicated that a deal was in the offing as soon as Tuesday. But expect Trump to show his fervor on the issue during his address to Congress. 

Lutnick said the Mexicans and Canadians were coming around. 

"Both the Mexicans and the Canadians were on the phone with me all day today trying to show that they'll do better, and the president is listening because you know he's very very fair and very reasonable. So I think he's gonna work something out with them. It's not gonna be a pause. None of that pause stuff. But I think he's gonna figure out, you do more, and I'll meet you in the middle."

So Democrats predicting doom once again are likely to have to eat it. They still don't get Trump is all about the deal, that you have to follow through to the end of the story when they inevitably cave after he makes a move the left freaks out at. He's done it repeatedly already within a month. Trump gave Canada and Mexico time to work it out, but he's letting them know he's not playing — he means it. 

As Lutnick noted, they're making last-minute efforts. That included extraditing prisoners to the U.S. in an effort to sway Trump.

We just saw Volodymyr Zelensky cave after misbehaving in the White House, and saying he wants to come back and sign the deal. Zelensky is now saying he's "ready" for "peace," "My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts," he said. 

Here's Elon Musk posting about that, using the same meme that would effectively work in this case, with the caption, "Stong men make good times." 

That's the thing — strength bears dividends for this country. 

There's also been a side economic benefit to it in people deciding to do more business here, as CNN's Scott Jennings explained. 

We've just been without it in the leadership role for so long with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris that some people don't even recognize what leadership looks like. Trump's proving the power of his tactics. We're going to see him outline more of those issues in the joint address, but it's clear that he's intent on getting things done for America.