Here's what happened during Trump's 11th week in office

President Donald Trump marked the week by unveiling an unprecedented question of tariffs connected imports to the U.S., aligning with his long-held presumption that different countries person taken vantage of the U.S. successful trade. 

Trump disclosed the historic tariffs successful a ceremonial astatine the White House’s Rose Garden for a "Make America Wealthy Again" event, asserting these caller duties would make caller jobs for U.S. workers. 

"For nations that dainty america badly, we volition cipher the combined complaint of each their tariffs, nonmonetary barriers and different forms of cheating," Trump said Wednesday.

"And due to the fact that we are being precise kind, we volition complaint them astir fractional of what they are and person been charging us," helium said. "So, the tariffs volition beryllium not a afloat reciprocal. I could person done that. Yes. But it would person been pugnacious for a batch of countries."

HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT TRUMP'S TARIFF PLAN: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW DUTIES

The tariff program establishes a baseline taxation of 10% connected each imports to the U.S., on with customized tariffs for countries that spot higher tariffs connected American goods. The baseline tariffs of 10% volition instrumentality effect Saturday, portion the others volition instrumentality effect Wednesday. 

The Trump medication antecedently imposed a 25% tariff connected imported vehicles, up to 25% tariffs connected definite goods from Mexico and Canada and a 20% tariff connected shipments from China. The tariffs already imposed connected Canada and Mexico stay unaffected, but the caller tariffs connected China volition beryllium added connected apical of the erstwhile duties connected Beijing, according to the White House. 

President Donald Trump during a "Make America Wealthy Again" lawsuit successful the Rose Garden of the White House April 2, 2025.  (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The tariffs person faced backlash from some parties successful Congress, and allies, including Canada and Australia. A bipartisan radical of senators introduced authorities Friday called the Trade Review Act of 2025 that would necessitate the enforcement subdivision to supply Congress a 48-hour announcement earlier imposing tariffs. Likewise, the measurement would licence tariffs to expire aft 60 days, unless Congress moves to o.k. a associated solution codifying the duties. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged countries against imposing retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. successful response. 

"My proposal to each state close now: Do not retaliate," Bessent said successful an interrogation Wednesday with Fox News. "If you retaliate, determination volition beryllium escalation."

TRUMP CONFIRMS NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL FIRINGS AS WALTZ'S SIGNAL CHAT WOES SNOWBALL

Here’s what besides happened this week: 

National Security Council firings 

Trump also disclosed that respective members of the National Security Council, headed by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, were fired Thursday. Trump said the firings affected a tiny fig of employees, and helium inactive had a precocious level of assurance successful his nationalist information team. 

"Always, we’re going to fto spell of radical we don’t similar oregon radical we don’t deliberation tin bash the occupation oregon radical who whitethorn person loyalties to idiosyncratic else," Trump told reporters connected Air Force One erstwhile asked astir media reports connected the firings.

The firings travel amid scrutiny implicit Waltz’s usage of a Signal radical chat to sermon strikes successful Yemen aft a writer was accidentally added to the group. 

Waltz created the radical chat that included White House leaders similar Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The chat besides included Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth basal arsenic President Donald Trump meets French President Emmanuel Macron successful February.  (Reuters/Brian Snyder)

The White House said classified accusation was not shared via the encrypted messaging service. However, The Atlantic published the afloat speech of messages March 26. The messages included definite onslaught details, including circumstantial craft and times of the strikes. 

Still, the White House has defended Waltz and said the White House is nary longer looking into the incident. 

MUSK NOT LEAVING YET, WRAPPING UP WORK ON SCHEDULE ONCE ‘INCREDIBLE WORK AT DOGE IS COMPLETE': WHITE HOUSE

"As the president has made it precise clear, Mike Waltz continues to beryllium an important portion of his nationalist information team," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday. "And this lawsuit has been closed present astatine the White House arsenic acold arsenic we are concerned."

Musk’s DOGE status 

The White House confirmed that SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk would depart his presumption spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) aboriginal this outpouring successful effect to reports from Politico that Trump was disclosing to those adjacent to him that Musk would "step back" from his relation with DOGE successful the forthcoming weeks. 

Elon Musk arrives for President Donald Trump's code to a associated league of Congress successful the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol successful Washington March 4, 2025.  (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

"This ‘scoop’ is garbage," Leavitt posted connected X Wednesday. "Elon Musk and President Trump person some *publicly* stated that Elon volition depart from nationalist work arsenic a peculiar authorities worker erstwhile his unthinkable enactment astatine DOGE is complete."

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Musk is simply a "special authorities employee." The enforcement oregon legislative branches are permitted to instrumentality connected impermanent employees to code short-term projects for up to 130 days successful a azygous 365-day period. For Musk, that play of clip volition expire astatine the extremity of May.

Musk and Trump person antecedently said they expect Musk volition implicit the enactment indispensable for DOGE wrong that model of time. 

Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.