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The White House slammed Democrats for playing "partisan games" and calling for an probe into alleged insider trading aft President Donald Trump paused customized reciprocal tariffs for 90 days connected Wednesday.
"It is the work of the President of the United States to reassure the markets and Americans astir their economical information successful the look of nonstop media fearmongering. Democrats railed against China’s cheating for decades, and present they’re playing partisan games alternatively of celebrating President Trump’s decisive enactment yesterday to yet country China," White House spokesperson Kush Desai said successful remark to Fox Digital erstwhile asked astir Democrats claiming Trump manipulated the market.
Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., wrote a missive connected Thursday to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, arsenic good arsenic Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, calling for an probe into imaginable insider trading.
"This series of events raises sedate ineligible and morals concerns. The President, his family, and his advisors are uniquely positioned to beryllium privy to and instrumentality vantage of non-public accusation to pass their concern decisions," the senators wrote.
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President Donald Trump holds a illustration arsenic helium delivers remarks connected reciprocal tariffs during an lawsuit successful the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected April 2, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump, up of pausing the reciprocal tariffs, posted to Truth Social, "BE COOL! Everything is going to enactment retired well. The USA volition beryllium bigger and amended than ever before!" and "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT." The president had antecedently said helium would not intermission tariffs but was unfastened to negotiating with different nations.
Trump paused lone the higher, customized tariffs helium placed connected nations that historically installed commercialized barriers connected U.S. goods, with nations crossed the satellite alternatively facing a little 10% tariff connected goods, arsenic the Trump medication and satellite leaders hash retired negotiations for the reciprocal tariffs.
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Sen. Adam Schiff wrote a missive calling for an probe into imaginable insider trading. (Screenshot/NBC)
China, however, was not portion of the tariff intermission and was alternatively deed with a higher 125% tariff aft retaliating with its ain further tariffs against the U.S.
"I’m going to bash my champion to find out," Schiff, who has agelong been a Trump foe, told Time of investigating the president for alleged insider trading. "Family meme coins and each the remainder of it are not beyond insider trading oregon enriching themselves. I anticipation to find retired soon."
CHARLIE GASPARINO BREAKS DOWN TRUMP'S TARIFF PAUSE: ‘THIS IS WHAT FORCED THE HAND’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the customized tariffs were paused due to Trump wanting to beryllium "personally involved" successful negotiations arsenic dozens of nations contacted the White House to onslaught deals.
President Donald Trump is keeping precocious tariffs successful spot connected China, portion putting a 90-day intermission connected reciprocal tariffs for countries that person said they are unfastened to negotiation. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
"We've had much than 75 countries interaction us. And I ideate aft today, determination volition beryllium more. So it is conscionable a processing problem. Each 1 of these solutions is going to beryllium bespoke. It is going to instrumentality immoderate time. And President Trump wants to beryllium personally involved. So, that's wherefore we're getting the 90-day pause," Bessent said during a gaggle with the media extracurricular the White House connected Wednesday afternoon.
Trump added connected Wednesday that helium was watching the volatile enslaved market, calling it "tricky" and making radical a "little queasy," but denied it persuaded him to alteration people connected customized tariffs.
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"I thought that radical were jumping a small spot retired of line. They were getting yippy. You know, they we're getting a small spot yippy, a small spot afraid, dissimilar these champions, due to the fact that we person a large occupation to do. No different president would person done what I did. … I cognize the presidents, they wouldn't person done it, and it had to beryllium done," Trump added successful his remarks.
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