President Donald Trump is “not playing around” and is “deadly serious about standing up for America,” says former Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta.

“And world leaders need to know this. And by imposing the tariffs first he made it clear that he’s going to put America first. And you saw Colombia back down. You saw Panama back down. You saw Mexico back down. And now all of a sudden Canada is saying, ‘Hey, we will secure our border,'” Acosta told Newsmax’s “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE” on Monday.

“These are reasonable requests. Secure your border. Let’s stop illegal immigration. Let’s stop fentanyl that’s killing Americans. And let’s talk about real trade on an even playing field and bring jobs back to America.”

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