They have to spin the best they can. They have to protect their deity.
Trump had absolutely no clue about the ramifications of his insane tariff gambit. He has no understanding about secondary ripple effects. There's no way he understands supply chain functioning. He not only hurt American business, he's not only cost them (so far) hundreds of billions in tariff fees, he's absolutely destroyed our reputation and critical global business relationships.
China couldn't be more pleased, and they're jumping into the void we left.
This could have been completely differently. Intelligently. But Trump doesn't have the capacity for that.