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The 7

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The 7

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Tuesday briefing: Trump tariff backlash; stock market; Supreme Court; fluoride in drinking water; Florida basketball; and more


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0:00.0

President Donald Trump's favorite billionaires are getting worried about his tariffs.

0:09.1

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

0:12.3

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Tuesday, April 8th.

0:15.4

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:25.2

President Trump swept back into office with the support of corporate leaders, conservative influencers, and billionaires. But now, some of those backers are breaking

0:31.3

with the president in a major way. Trump's plan to impose new tariffs on most of the world

0:37.3

has sent the stock market reeling, and not in the direction the business world would like.

0:43.0

That has led to pushback from some billionaires, podcasters, and Republican lawmakers.

0:48.9

Even billionaire Elon Musk, who has worked closely with the president to reshape the federal government, is

0:55.0

parting ideologically from Trump on tariffs.

0:58.3

Speaking to Italian Deputy Prime Minister Mateo Salvini over the weekend, Musk said this.

1:04.1

I'm hopeful, for example, with the tariffs, that at the end of the day, I hope it has agreed

1:10.0

that both Europe and the United States should

1:13.2

move ideally, in my view, to a zero tariff situation, effectively creating a free trade zone

1:19.0

between Europe and North America.

1:22.0

Yesterday, Trump's global trade war escalated even further.

1:25.7

The president threatened to impose an additional 50%

1:29.5

tariff on Chinese products. But mounting criticism is an early sign that the economic turmoil

1:35.8

caused by Trump's tariffs could leave lasting political scars on the president.

1:47.4

The Supreme Court cleared the way for deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador.

1:53.8

That's number two.

1:55.9

Last month, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.

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