Live updates: Trump doubles down on tariffs amid global fallout
President Trump stood firm on his sweeping tariffs despite the stock market taking a sharp tumble Thursday. “The markets are going to boom,” he told reporters outside the White House. “The country is going to boom.” The aggressive move affects nearly every nation exporting products to the U.S, which Trump has argued will restore the...
President Trump stood firm on his sweeping tariffs despite the stock market taking a sharp tumble Thursday.
“The markets are going to boom,” he told reporters outside the White House. “The country is going to boom.”
The aggressive move affects nearly every nation exporting products to the U.S, which Trump has argued will restore the country's manufacturing economy while making trade relationships fairer and boosting government revenue.
The tariffs, fulfilling a Trump campaign promise, impose a 10-percent base tax on all goods coming into the U.S. But several countries are being hit with steeper taxes, with some as high as 50 percent.
Long-time partners Mexico and Canada are exempted from Wednesday's announcement as they have already been targeted with 25 percent tariffs since Trump returned to the White House.
Countries across the globe have threatened to retaliate while others have made calls for the U.S. to come to the negotiating table. And in Washington, the move has been met with fury from Democrats.
And on Thursday, the Trump administration fired several National Security Council staffers in the wake of the Signal chat leak last month. The removals come after Trump met with far-right influencer Laura Loomer, who encouraged the administration to take action.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans are charging forward to pass a budget resolution to further advance the Trump agenda. But divisions in the conference could derail the effort as a vote on the measure is expected later this week.
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