The president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and China halted the flow of drugs and migrants.

President-elect Trump's plan to increase tariffs on goods from China and impose them on products from Mexico and Canada would drive inflation up by nearly 1%, Goldman Sachs estimates.

While the announcement is almost certainly bluster to bring attention to illegal immigration and fentanyl smuggling, there are several reasons why it is so risky.