new hard-hitting sanctions on tehran top leaders. adding the move was partly in retaliation for the downing of a u.s. drone last week. this, you could probably steve, add that into it but this is something that would happen anyway. reporter: as he s done in the past with other adverse air yours, the president said more tough action could be on the way if iran doesn t change its behavior. i won t say what i will do but i don t think they should do it. reporter: but it is the brinksmanship the president has used before with mixed results. consider what mr. trump discussed moments after he unveiled the sanctions on iran. that he s just received a birthday message from north korean dictator kim jong-un. the same man he once dubbed little rocket man. kind of bravado that doesn t always lead to big wins. he sent me birthday wishes but it is a friendly letter both ways. reporter: the president pulled back from his threats to round up undocument the migrants and tweeting he s delay
personal moments. she also gave the empress of japan in the trip last week a pen carved out of wood from a tree on harvard university campus because the empress studied there years ago. so these are the special one-of-a-kind gifts that dignitaries give one another and those are also the things that melania trump gets involved with and works with the state department and studies the history of them and open to the suggestions she s given from the protocol office and then these things get into play and there is the gift exchange. and it is a rather serious and important component of the relationship when the president and the first lady got their tour yesterday at buckingham palace as some of the items that have been given to the, they took the walking tour would the family and gifts were things they had received from other dignity air yours, including the president and first lady at last visit and gifted a sterling silver horse. and that was part of what they
border. these are not a good idea and that is not the way i would do things but it is the way the president is choosing to do things because of the congress that we have. i m not always going to be on the side of the president. reporter: the u.s. imports $26 billion of agricultural products from mexico each year and manufacturing dwarves that. we re shipping $450 million annually across the border. for my customers to pay an extra $100 million, i m not sure they re going to stick around. reporter: richard ruben owns 26 factories in mexico, importing materials for american companies which he said provides millions of u.s. jobs. mexico is our friend. mexico deserves the respect and the dignity. it is not a business. it is a country. and this should be solved through diplomacy. guillermo brokers trade deals between the u.s. and mexican companies. we re throwing punches until the dark because we don t know