"They All Want To Come And Talk..." How Trump's Aides Convinced The President To Pause Tariffs

A week after announcing global "Liberation Day" tariffs and sending world's financial markets into a nosedive, President Donald Trump said he's pausing the reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for most countries with the exception of China. On the morning of April 9, Trump met Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council. Bessent and Lutnick told Trump their phones were burning up with countries calling to negotiate. 00:00 INTRODUCTION01:00 WHICH TARIFFS GO AND WHICH REMAIN?01:49 WHY DID TRUMP PRESS PAUSE?04:13 TRUMP'S RETREAT? n18oc_world n18oc_crux