Posted on 03/12/2025 4:04:24 AM PDT by karpov
President Trump’s stop-and-start trade policy and uneven economic messaging have rattled some of his own allies, triggering a flood of calls from business executives, concerns from Republican lawmakers and tension in the White House.
Senior officials, including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, have received panicked calls from chief executives and lobbyists, who have urged the administration to calm jittery markets by outlining a more predictable tariff agenda, according to people familiar with the discussions. Many in the business community have abandoned efforts to get the president to reverse course on trade, instead pleading with the White House for clarity on his approach, the people said.
In a meeting Monday in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, the president and his top advisers huddled with the chief executive officers of International Business Machines, Qualcomm, HP and other tech companies. Some of the CEOs voiced their concerns about Trump’s tariffs, warning that they could hurt their industry, according to a person who attended the meeting. Trump told reporters that attendees at the meeting talked about investing in the U.S.
The mixed messages from the president and his advisers have raised concerns among some Republicans that Trump lacks a cohesive economic plan. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last week the economy needed a “detox.” Trump has acknowledged that the tariffs could result in economic pain for consumers and, in an interview Sunday, declined to rule out a recession, accelerating a selloff on Wall Street on Monday that wiped out all gains in major stock indexes since Election Day in November. On Tuesday, the president played down the possibility of a recession, but underscored his commitment to far-reaching tariffs.
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Wall Street Urinal. RAT Rag.
The “stop and start” is Trump’s unique form of negotiating, using the strategy of keeping those on the other side of the bargaining table off-balance and uncertain.
“This is what I’m gonna do, but offer me a counter proposal.”
People scramble to contain the threat of the bull in the china shop.
NEVER TRUST THE WALL STREET JOURNAL!
WSJ. Three authors. What could go wrong?
3 liars to write the article? Isn’t 1 liar usually enough?
Safe space backup partners.
Yeah, when I want “honest” economics I “always” turn to the WSJ...NOT.
TDS has metastasized in Brian Schwartz, Gavin Bade and Josh Dawsey.
That is and he refers to having to sometimes act a little crazy in the opening to “The Art of the Deal”.
But with tariffs, I think it can be counterproductive. The crazy IMO should be kept more quiet with the negotiators rather than made public.
Susie got a call?
That’s part of her job. To diplomatically tell the screeching grifters to go pound sand.
Daddy’s home. And all the shenanigans stop now.
He's a businessman, not some political whore. (Yeah, I know. "Political" and "whore" are redundant.)
Define “ some”. Define “flood”.
+1
If we do fall into recession it will because someone is being economically responsible, after decades of counterfeiters printing monopoly money to pay the bills while siphoning off a percentage for themselves and their co-conspirators/partners in crime.
Of course the cradle will fall...someone always get burned in a Ponzi scheme/counterfeiting operation.
According to the Lazamataz Gauge of Journalistic Integrity™.
1 author: 50/50 chance of some accuracy.
2 authors: 10/90 chance of some accuracy.
3 authors: 0 chance of some accuracy.
4 authors: Pure gaslighting.
5 authors: Lord of the Rings is a historical documentary, in comparison.
6 authors: LOL! OMG! ROFL! Omigah they are KILLING me! LOL! holy crap! HAHAHHAHH! HAHAHHAHHAAHAHHAHH! LOL! WTF! They GOTTA be smoking CRACK! ROFLASC! (gasp) LOL! OMG! ROFL! LAF! HA! This is the FUNNIEST thing I have EVER heard! LOL LOL LOL! Gah, they gotta be kidding! YGBSM! STOP!!! LOL! ROFLASC! This is too much! LOL! OMG! (gasp) HOO HOO HOOOOOOO! ROFL! LAF! HA! They are on DRUGS! LOL LOL HAHAHHAHH! HAHAHHAHHAAHAHHAHH!
This rates as:
3 authors: 0 chance of some accuracy.
See my rating, above.
These WSJ TDS shills need to name names, provide direct attributable and verified QUOTES..... This leftist “some people said....” stuff doesn’t get it.
Brian Schwartz, Gavin Bade and Josh Dawsey, who are you talking about? Name the individuals complaining, damn your collective hide. But you won’t, because you can’t.
lol!
I hate the WSJ.
They report Front Page News of some horrifying Trump policy on Monday, and bury its success by freaking Wednesday.
They know it will work. They just hate Trump.
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