President Donald Trump warned Honduras and Mexico he will retaliate if an alleged “caravan” of immigrants from the Central American country enters the United States.

The president for several days has appeared fixated on what he contends is a large group of immigrants that plans to try to enter the United States illegally. If they do, Trump says he might cut off U.S. aid to Honduras and terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he says has benefited Mexico. But Congress might object to the former, since lawmakers control federal funding.

And he is using the alleged “caravan” to try to push lawmakers to quickly craft and pass what he on Monday called “border legislation” without offering specific policy demands. That is unlikely, since it has been years since major policy legislation passed both the House and Senate without using special rules.

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On Tuesday morning, Trump shoehorned another tweet about the “big Caravan of People from Honduras” in between others about “Fake News Networks” and “Little Jeff Zucker,” a reference to the CNN president.

The Fake News Networks, those that knowingly have a sick and biased AGENDA, are worried about the competition and quality of Sinclair Broadcast. The “Fakers” at CNN, NBC, ABC & CBS have done so much dishonest reporting that they should only be allowed to get awards for fiction!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018

The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our “Weak Laws” Border, had better be stopped before it gets there. Cash cow NAFTA is in play, as is foreign aid to Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen. Congress MUST ACT NOW!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018

Check out the fact that you can’t get a job at ratings challenged @CNN unless you state that you are totally anti-Trump? Little Jeff Zuker, whose job is in jeopardy, is not having much fun lately. They should clean up and strengthen CNN and get back to honest reporting!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018

That alleged movement of immigrants is “now coming across Mexico and heading to our ‘Weak Laws’ Border,” Trump said, apparently disclosing intelligence information and also revealing American satellite and other surveillance assets inside and over its southern neighbor.

The alleged caravan “had better be stopped before it gets there,” Trump warned, reminding Mexican officials that their “cash cow NAFTA is in play,” and letting Honduran and other Central and South American leaders know “as is foreign aid to Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen.” And he again tried to nudge forward a stalled immigration overhaul process at home: “Congress MUST ACT NOW!”

The tactic is vintage Trump: Threaten a would-be foe or figure he wants to do his bidding, usually on Twitter, gambling that they will give in. The president believes this worked with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, and he is trying to use a similar strategy — minus threats of a U.S. nuclear strike — here.

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For Honduras, at stake are millions of dollars in economic and security assistance Washington sends its way annually. But since Congress controls federal funds, any cutting off the spigot to Honduras could set up a fight.

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U.S. economic aid hit nearly $94 million in fiscal 2016 then dipped slightly in fiscal 2017, to $90 million. But under the Trump administration’s first budget cycle, the dop was more steep: to $67.1 million in fiscal 2018, according to the Center for International Policy’s Security Assistance Monitor project, which collects all publicly available foreign aid data.

Military assistance to the Central American country also dipped under Trump. Washington under the Obama administration sent $18.2 million in security aid there in fiscal 2016, then $17.3 million the next year. But in fiscal 2018, the Trump administration slashed the amount drastically, to $750,000.

As for Trump’s shots at CNN, the network responded in a series of tweets, rebutting Trump’s assertion that employees must have an anti-Trump bias and pointed out that Trump had misspelled Zucker’s name; touted its latest ratings performance; and pointed to a Monmouth poll that found the cable news networks was more trusted than Trump.

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