bendog
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The only posters who give a **** about No Show Slow Joe are the ones dissembling about Trump.
And today's tariff policy is ....
Trump had started telling allies in phone calls Monday morning that the end game of the tariffs would be sooner than people expect and that the White House is in talks with multiple countries, stressing that deals will be made, said one person familiar with one of those phone calls, who, like others in this story, was granted anonymity to share details of private discussions.
Stock markets on Monday fluctuated on the uncertainties of the president’s trade policy, with the S&P 500, Dow and NASDAQ all within a point up or down by close. The variations reflect the unease on Wall Street, which doesn’t know how to view the inconsistent messages coming out of the White House and appeared disinclined Monday to view subtle shifts in messaging too positively. It didn’t, for instance, jump at the news that the U.S. is opening negotiations with Japan.
But it still marked a shift for Trump, at least rhetorically.
Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday night that “sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,” an extension of his patient-in-recovery metaphor from Thursday.
The opening of negotiations with Japan comes as relief to many in Trump’s orbit who support his protectionist policies — including imposing more trade barriers on other countries — but who believe that there should also be room for dealmaking. The so-called fair trade camp, including Bessent, Trump’s economic adviser Kevin Hassett and others, had taken a backseat in recent weeks to a more aggressively protectionist contingent that includes Navarro and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who see tariffs not as a means to an end but the end goal.
Some in Trump’s orbit worry that in an effort to help the president fulfill his goals, those around the president have offered little pushback, even when it would be to his benefit. They say it’s left people like Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick telling the president what he wants to hear — as opposed to what they believe he needs to hear.
And today's tariff policy is ....
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/trump-bessent-trade-deals-tariff-endgame-messaging-00277395
Trump had started telling allies in phone calls Monday morning that the end game of the tariffs would be sooner than people expect and that the White House is in talks with multiple countries, stressing that deals will be made, said one person familiar with one of those phone calls, who, like others in this story, was granted anonymity to share details of private discussions.
Stock markets on Monday fluctuated on the uncertainties of the president’s trade policy, with the S&P 500, Dow and NASDAQ all within a point up or down by close. The variations reflect the unease on Wall Street, which doesn’t know how to view the inconsistent messages coming out of the White House and appeared disinclined Monday to view subtle shifts in messaging too positively. It didn’t, for instance, jump at the news that the U.S. is opening negotiations with Japan.
But it still marked a shift for Trump, at least rhetorically.
Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday night that “sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,” an extension of his patient-in-recovery metaphor from Thursday.
The opening of negotiations with Japan comes as relief to many in Trump’s orbit who support his protectionist policies — including imposing more trade barriers on other countries — but who believe that there should also be room for dealmaking. The so-called fair trade camp, including Bessent, Trump’s economic adviser Kevin Hassett and others, had taken a backseat in recent weeks to a more aggressively protectionist contingent that includes Navarro and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who see tariffs not as a means to an end but the end goal.
Some in Trump’s orbit worry that in an effort to help the president fulfill his goals, those around the president have offered little pushback, even when it would be to his benefit. They say it’s left people like Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick telling the president what he wants to hear — as opposed to what they believe he needs to hear.
