In the weeks following his election victory, President-elect Donald Trump took aim at Mexico and Canada in relation to border security.

This is just one example of how the neighbors of the United States continue to suffer from the consequences of international events and actions that don't support the United States, when Trump takes office. The Great White North appears to be acting as the threat of tariffs looms, as The Washington Examiner reported.

Trump issued a warning to Canada and Mexico last month, stating that if they did not stop the flow of illegal drugs and illegal immigration across the northern and southern borders of the United States, then the president-elect would impose a 25% tariff on all imports into the United States when he assumed office.

This warning was delivered even in advance of Trump's inauguration as president, which will take place late next month.

From Trump

The president addressed the issue, posting online, saying “I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders," the soon to be 47th president posted on Truth Social last month.

"This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular, Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!

"Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!”

Canadian Changes

The United States neighbors have already started to change border security, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith saying that her province is dedicating $29 million to creating a whole new patrol unit to assist with border security at the Canada-United States border.

Ten cold weather surveillance drones, four drug detection dogs, and fifty armed sheriffs will back up the team. It is anticipated to go live sometime in the first quarter of 2019.

“Together with federal law enforcement, we’ll ensure that our section of the American border is well protected,” Smith said Thursday in Calgary.

“We’ll deny safe haven to criminals looking to operate in both countries and, if we succeed and maintain proper border security, I expect we will have a very strong relationship with the United States, as we always have.”

Commercial Focus

The team will concentrate on commercial vehicle inspections along major highways near entry points of the 298-kilometer part of the border that Alberta shares with Montana, according to Mike Ellis, Alberta's minister of public safety.

Sheriffs will be able to arrest individuals without a warrant if they are seen trying to cross the border illegally or trafficking illegal weapons or drugs, as he declared a two-kilometer deep zone along the border to be critical infrastructure.

Chief Bob Andrews of the Alberta Sheriff’s Office stressed the importance of working together with the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency.

“Access to federal and international border intelligence will ensure these teams have an immediate impact on the trafficking of people, drugs and guns between Alberta and the United States,” he said.