The president told reporters that he 'may or may not' exempt petroleum imports from the new charges.

The Long Island native pledged to 'make sure we don’t have 100,000 rapes in this country next year, make sure we don’t have 100,000 drug overdoses from Chinese fentanyl and Mexican heroin, and make sure we don’t have 17,000 homicides.'

Follow The Post’s live updates from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing in his bid to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, amid fierce opposition from some family members and lawmakers.

The legislation was the first bill to be signed by Trump, 78, in his second term, which began last Monday.

The instructions resulted in confusion about what programs were affected.