President Trump says tariffs on China will 'come down substantially'

[Dulcinea]

(USA Today) WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said the 145% tariffs he imposed on Chinese imports will eventually "come down substantially" as he expressed optimism about future talks to reach a U.S.-China trade deal.

Trump's remarks Tuesday to reporters in the Oval Office came after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier in the day said in a closed-door speech that the trade standoff between the United States and China is not sustainable.

"We're going to be very nice, they're going to be very nice, and we'll see what happens," Trump told reporters when asked whether he planned to play "hardball" with Beijing and bring up with origins of the COVID-19 virus.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-says-tariffs-china-230055173.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CORE&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20250423-0--&bt_user_id=2uM9gnSY96Q4eVpy6Umd73sokWa9V33U3uh71pgXBd11HMSZRD2omULz1gix4JYd&bt_ts=1745409627874

[Scrivener7]

1. Stock market manipulation in our faces.

[Bengus81]

14. Yep...it's up almost 1,000 points right now. Another round of PUMP and DUMP

[calguy]

2. In other words, he folded again

[dutch777]

4. Good summation. Not surprising given he has no logical plan and Xi has a solid hand in this card game.

[underpants]

7. He doesn't hold the cards

I saw that comment a lot on Facebook of all places. As he told Zelensky about not having the cards, he doesn’t either. China’s playing same hand Canada the EU and Japan did - Treasury Bonds

[Lovie777]

3. Working the stock markets ....................

ugh.

[k_buddy762]

5. I don't believe him

[Lokee11]

6. Ya don't say . . .

[underpants]

8. China: that's a nice bond market you've got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to it

He doesn't hold the cards

I saw that comment a lot on Facebook of all places. As he told Zelensky about not having the cards, he doesn’t either. China’s playing same hand Canada the EU and Japan did - Treasury Bonds

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

9. Latest news from China...

... is they are calling him "Trump the Chicken". eom.

[dweller]

10. flipflopflipflopflipflop

buk buk bugawk !!



✌🏻

[Tarzanrock]

11. The lying Yellow Chicken-Turd.

Enjoy that now and forever indelible "egg on your face," you disgusting, despicable, lying, Yellow Chicken-Turd.

[Mr. Sparkle]

12. So Trump plans to ..

I wonder how all the magarats feel about this since they hate China

[Demsrule86]

13. bullshit stock market manipulation.

[Bengus81]

15. Yep...the only thing saving Tesla right now. It was TANKING at the bell

Then **GASP** it started going up and up on profit losses of 71% in Q1?!?!?

More PUMP and DUMP....................

[azureblue]

16. Too Late. Too Little.

The rest of the world has banded together against Don, and they will not trust him on anything. Even if he does reverse the tariffs, they have no assurance he won't put them up again.

[Harker]

17. He calls it "the weave."

Much of the rest of the world sees it clearly as instability or insanity.

[ashredux]

18. Trump has SCREWED THE POOCH .... Drop blank, this is not some skillful bargaining on his part.

He begins to give away his position before any real talks, have begun. We all knew this, but he is just an idiot. He really really is not very smart.

[WSHazel]

19. Two things

1) Bessent has already backtracked on this, saying that they can come down as part of a negotiation with China. Does that mean in a year? Two years? and
2) Any tariff of about 30% or 40% or more might as well be 1000% because whatever products are hit with a tariff that big are not viable for purchase, so the tariffs coming "way down" is meaningless unless they are below 30%, and even then it is a gray area.

This does feel like market manipulation.

[Tarzanrock]

20. The Turd's arm got tired ...

... from punching himself in the face. Don't worry, it's only round number 1 -- there are plenty more rounds for the Turd to clobber himself. You can take that to the bank.

[DallasNE]

21. That's Not Enough

Stuff from China represents a sizable part of the purchases I and millions of Americans make. Any tariff is a tax on the goods I buy and that spells inflation. The tariff tax is a bad idea any way you try to slice it. Get rid of the damn thing altogether and do it now.

[bluestateboomer]

22. Give Up....

And declare victory......

[wolfie001]

26. I'm starting to think he's gonna start a war just to save face

Being the POS he is and has always been.

[Javaman]

23. yeah, cool story bro.

[Hassler]

24. We are now at the surrender monkey phase

Of the Art of the Schlemiel

[wolfie001]

25. lol

[Botany]

27. China just told him to drop the tariffs ... and so he is going to do just that.

“China tells US to 'cancel all unilateral tariffs' if it wants talks”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143446567#post9

Who is your Daddy Donny?