Trump Aides Boast About Manipulating Him Into Tariffs U-Turn

[Eugene]

Original Reporting: White House eased China tariffs after warnings of harm to 'Trump's People' (Washington Post)

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Trump Aides Boast About Manipulating Him Into Tariffs U-Turn (The Daily Beast)

President Donald Trump‘s top aides spilled the beans Wednesday about how they convinced him to back off his sky-high tariffs on China.

They boasted to The Washington Post that they used data showing how his base of support—in particular truckers and longshoremen—would be hurt by the levies to change his mind.

Trump announced a “total reset” in relations between China and the US on Monday after the countries agreed to a 90-day pause on their matching tariffs.

Behind the scenes, the agreement was reportedly the result of top aides speaking up, according to several officials who spoke anonymously with the paper.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-aides-boast-manipulating-him-223713167.html

[Walleye]

1. Could his aides convince him to cut the rest of the shit out

Please at least try. they are happy with everything as long as they think it’s hurting only Democrats. When they start hurting their own people, they might even think about it a minute. Nah

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Whoever has his ear last wins. . . . nt