“Trump’s tariff roller coaster”

Deadline: White House

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News, Donald Trump, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Politics, Nbc News, Washington Dc, Msnbc, Government

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Nicolle Wallace on Trump’s lack of tariff deals despite his promises, low consumer sentiment amid rising fears of inflation, and the MAGA infighting causing trouble for Trump. Joined by: Justin Wolfers, Charlie Sykes, Lisa Rubin, John Brennan, Mike Schmidt, Maria Aspan, Rev. Al Sharpton, Tim Miller, Allen Orr, and Kristy Greenberg.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody, TGIF. It's four o'clock in New York, a sharp new turn in Donald Trump's
0:13.1	tariff roller coaster ride today. Donald Trump telling the world and the American consumers
0:18.5	brace for a brand new round of tariffs.
0:21.5	At the end of his foreign trip, Trump announced that the administration will start
0:25.2	sending out letters to trading partners to let them know of new tariff rates.
0:29.9	Watch.
0:31.1	We have at the same time 150 countries that want to make a deal, but you're not able to see that many countries.
0:39.4	So at a certain point, over the next two to three weeks, I think Scott and Howard,
0:44.0	we'll be sending letters out essentially telling people, it would be very fair,
0:48.3	but we'll be telling people what they'll be paying to do business in the United States.
0:54.6	So essentially be paying to be doing business in the United States.
0:59.2	I guess you could say they could appeal it.
1:01.2	But for the most part, I think we're going to be very fair.
1:03.9	But it's not possible to meet the number of people that want to see us.
1:10.4	Check your mailbox.
1:12.1	We're sending you a letter.
1:13.7	What?
1:15.1	What?
1:16.2	What? What happened to all the deals that the administration was going to make?
1:20.8	What happened when Donald Trump climbed down from his so-called reciprocal tariff rates?
1:26.5	Trump officials then tried to save face
1:28.6	when that almost collapsed the global economy
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