| With Trump in the U.K, trade talks heated up over the border. |  |
| FROM WASHINGTON AND BEYOND | Friday, June 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sure, President Donald Trump reveled in pomp and circumstance this week during a visit to Britain - including a royal banquet, "ice cream" with Prince Charles and a " nasty" drama with Duchess Meghan that Trump denied and then later reignited . But the real drama was stateside at the border (and beyond): Trump's threat to ratchet up tariffs on Mexico until " the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied" exploded into backlash at home and abroad as both Mexico and Trump's fellow Republicans pushed back on the idea. | | It's "a giant game of chicken" with potentially disastrous economic results, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said. Poor Americans are likely to be hit hardest under Trump's tariffs in Mexico and elsewhere. (Markets, however, looked optimistic.) | | Trump's threat comes after Border Patrol for the fourth-straight month made a record number of family arrests in May. (Trump officials cut English classes, playtime and legal aid for migrant children in U.S. shelters, by the way, too.) Meanwhile, Latin America experts say Mexico is in an impossible situation, unable to satisfy Trump or stop border-bound migrants. As the week progressed, Trump claimed "progress" in Mexico's high-stakes talks with the U.S. "but not nearly enough!" | | By Thursday, top Democratic and Republican lawmakers had warned Trump officials that an embarrassing reversal could happen in Congress if Trump goes through with the tariffs. "I will introduce a resolution of disapproval to stop his overreach," said Rep. Richard Neal, a Massachusetts Democrat who said the tariffs "would hurt American workers, businesses and consumers." | OnPolitics Texas Yeehaw of the Week | | Former Vice President Joe Biden tops President Trump in a head-to-head matchup deep in the heart of Texas, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll published Wednesday. Biden, the Democratic frontrunner, has 48% to Trump's 44% among Lone Star State residents polled. The president is locked in too-close-to-call matchups with six other Democratic 2020 presidential candidates, however. Trump might win a Texan or two's votes if he pays his bills: Trump's campaign owed $470,000 this week for an El Paso rally months back. Beto O'Rourke, an El Paso native, paid up for the hometown rally he held, records show. |  | | U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the El Paso County Coliseum on February 11, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. | | Joe Raedle, Getty Images | | This week in Trump | | | This week in 2020 Dems | | | | Thanks so much, OnPolitics friends. Encourage someone this weekend. - Josh Hafner | | P.S. Not subscribed to OnPolitics yet? Click here. |  | | Presidential hopeful and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to a crowd of his supporters gathered Wednesday, June 5, 2019, outside the Walmart shareholders formal business meeting at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers, Ark. | | Ben Goff, AP | | | | | MOST SHARED USA TODAY ARTICLES | | | | | | | |
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