On the menu today: Well, we now know exactly what it takes to get President Trump to announce that almost all his previously announced tariffs are, for the next 90 days, lowered to 10 percent. Yesterday’s Morning Jolt headline, “Trump’s Tariffs Will Be Around for a While,” was posted at 10:19 a.m. Eastern. The president announced a 90-day pause on the higher tariffs on Truth Social at 1:18 p.m. If I had known that’s all it took, I would have written it earlier.*
Trump Hits Pause for at Least 90 Days . . . as of This Writing
We’re in a much better place than we were 24 hours ago, even if it’s still a mess. Instead of a slew of retaliatory tariffs that made no sense, we have a 10 percent minimum tariff on all ...
