Duty refund, Donald Trump explains. “It had to be done”

— People jump out of line a small bit. They were a small scared, people were scared,” said Trump at a gathering with rally drivers in front of the White House, asked about the reasons for the abrupt suspension of advanced duties imposed on nearly 60 countries in the world, including the EU.

Trump replied that he had been observing financial markets that in fresh days were “ponure”, and people observing the rapidly expanding profitability of American bonds on Tuesday “started feeling sick.”

— No president would do what I did be afraid. China was the hardest, but it had to be done, he said.

Donald Trump explains his decision

Trump's comment seemed to contradict words spoken an hr earlier by Finance Minister Scott Bessent and White home spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, who claimed that "this was the plan from the start" and that Trump's decision shows his "art of the Deal", the title of his book.

Trump rejected the proposition that abrupt changes of opinion undermine its credibility, claiming that "flexibility" is necessary.

— That's not the point. This is about flexibility. I could say, here's the wall and I'll walk through it. I'll go through it no substance what. Sometimes you should be able to go against the wall, around the wall. These guys know it better than anyone else," said Trump, pointing to the rallyers accompanying him.

The president of the United States has expressed assurance that he will be able to scope "fair" trade agreements with all countries, including China, on which he imposed 125% of the duties on Wednesday.

As he said, China is simply a "dude nation", and their leader Xi Jinping is simply a "dude man" and wants to make a deal with the US, but does not know how to do it." Nor did he regulation out work exemptions for any American companies, adding that the decision would be made "instinctively".

However, he continued to claim that the imposition of duties was essential due to the fact that otherwise we would not have a country.