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Tyler Pager

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
342 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

On Friday morning, the president was speaking to a group of governors in the East Room of the White House when Jameson Greer, the trade representative, handed him a note alerting him to the Supreme Court's decision.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

The president told the governors it was a disgrace.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

He lashed out at the Supreme Court and quickly wrapped up that meeting and left.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

And he was irate.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

He met with advisers, and then we saw that full-blown anger on display in the White House briefing room a few hours later.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

And for Trump, this wasn't just a political loss, but a personal one, too.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

He has been obsessed with tariffs as an economic tool for decades, long before his political career.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

And so this felt like a real personal loss to something he deeply believes in.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

Yeah, it was quite a whiplash over just less than 24 hours where the president came out to the briefing room and announced these 10% tariffs.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

Later that evening, Friday, he signed the official paperwork instituting those 10% tariffs.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

And then Saturday morning, he announces this 15% tariff on social media.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

And what I will tell you, Natalie, is that

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

Many of the president's advisors and people close to the White House were surprised and taken aback by the rapid change from 10% to 15%.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

Some have speculated that the president was frustrated by the media coverage of his loss at the Supreme Court and wanted to show that he still had power to raise tariffs even more.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

But we have not heard from the president since then about precisely why he made this change less than 24 hours later.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

And Andrew makes a great point because this is of utmost importance to the president himself.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

I was just with the president in Georgia on Thursday where he was touting these various business executives who told him that they were

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

moving manufacturing or expanding manufacturing in the United States because of his tariffs.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

This is of personal pride to the president.

The Daily
Chaos, Confusion and Defiance: The Global Fallout From the Tariff Ruling

So if companies are changing their plans or making new plans, they run the risk of some sort of retribution campaign from the president who feels extremely proud of the impact he believes tariffs are having in reshaping the American economy and reviving the manufacturing sector.