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This week, Amy details the reasons congressional Republicans are unlikely to take on Trump over tariffs.
Transcript:
Hi there. I'm Amy Walter. Welcome to First Person.Well, it has been a roller coaster ride of a week. I'm talking about tariffs and what has been happening on Wall Street and, eventually, the president's decision to put a ninety day pause on what was, reciprocal tariffs on most of the world is now a hundred twenty five percent tariff on China.But there's still a great deal of uncertainty out there about what Trump is gonna do next, what the Chinese are gonna do next, what this ninety day pause even means.It might be a good time if you're a Republican up in twenty twenty six who's feeling pretty nervous about what you're seeing out there, not only the instability in the markets, but also growing pessimism among voters about the state of the economy. In fact, a Wall Street Journal
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