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The Mary Trump Podcast

Donald Caves in China Trade War

The Mary Trump Podcast

Mary Trump Media

News, President, Mary Trump, Democrat, Politics, Donald Trump, Political Commentary, Government

4.9844 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Trump caved to China in a 90-day deal after his tariff disaster crippled U.S. ports and sparked worker backlash. Now he’s spinning it as a win—but the damage is already done.

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0:00.0

After wrecking the economy and pushing American workers to the brink, Donald did what he does best.

0:07.2

He caved. Yes, indeed. He caved to China after pretending for weeks that he was a tough guy.

0:14.9

And then, because he's him, he called it a win. For weeks, he's been trying to project strength, which is an exercise

0:23.5

in futility because he doesn't have any, and he's been claiming that nobody's been tougher on

0:28.4

China than he is. But over the weekend, as I just said, and I think it bears repeating,

0:34.8

he caved. The United States and China reached a fragile temporary agreement,

0:40.5

which is a 90-day suspension on a narrow set of the tariffs Donald imposed

0:48.3

unilaterally upon one of our largest trading partners.

0:52.8

Here's ABC News with that breakdown.

0:55.9

A dramatic retreat from President Trump's 145% tariffs that he imposed on Chinese imports.

1:02.2

After all of the tough talk and hard lines, both sides agreeing to dramatically roll back

1:07.1

their tariffs, at least for now.

1:09.3

This morning, the Trump administration emerging from a marathon weekend of negotiations,

1:14.6

announcing the U.S. has reached a trade deal with China to significantly lower most tariffs for 90 days.

1:20.6

We have reached an agreement on a 90-day pause and substantially moved down the tariff levels.

1:37.4

The U.S. agreed to roll back its steep 145% tariff on Chinese imports to 30%.

1:44.0

And China agreeing to lower its tax on American goods from 125% to 10%.

1:50.0

For weeks, the president has been defiant about keeping his tariffs in place,

1:54.0

even as markets tumbled and retailers warned their shelves could go empty.

1:58.0

I know what the hell I'm doing.

2:00.0

I know what I'm doing. And you know what I'm doing too. Yeah I'm doing. I know what I'm doing.

2:01.5

And you know what I'm doing too.

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