For the second day in a row on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held a press briefing exclusively for members of what she called the “new media,” claiming she was fulfilling a promise she made at the start of the Trump administration to speak to “all media outlets.”
Of course, as she laid bare at the start of Monday’s presser, these sessions are mostly a way to take softball questions and applause lines from a host of MAGA sycophants who are absolutely ecstatic to be given the opportunity to sit in the White House and play reporter.
Justin Baragona has the story.
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In his inaugural speech on 20 January, Donald J Trump promised “the most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history”. Well, that’s one promise that the president has definitely honoured – but not, as the saying goes, in a good way.
No previous president has inflicted so much damage, on so many, in so short a time. The scale of the vandalism wreaked on America, on its friends and allies abroad, and indeed on the prosperity of the world, has been historic and prodigious.
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President Donald Trump has given an exclusive pre-recorded sit-down interview to ABC News, which airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
In a clip released by the network, the president appears to double down on his trade policy toward China.
Pressed about how a 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports will raise prices for American consumers, Trump claimed: “You don’t know that. You don’t know whether or not China’s going to eat it. China probably will eat those tariffs.”
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday declined to confirm the Trump administration has reached a tariff deal with a trading partner country, saying no trade agreement was confirmed until President Donald Trump announces it.
“As you know, nothing is done till the president signs off on the 18 key trading relationships. The president described them to the trade team as bespoke,” Bessent told Fox Business Network. “Every deal is different, and he’s going to be involved, so I’ll wait to hear from him.”
Earlier, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he had reached one deal with a foreign country, but declined to name it, adding he was waiting for the country’s prime minister and parliament to give their approval.
Lutnick also said it was time to train Americans to do the jobs of the future, in which generations of families work in factories.
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