Trump's mixed tariff messaging and NSA director and deputy fired: Morning Rundown
No clear explanation of Trump tariffs strategy. Global markets show signs of worry. Top NSA officials are fired. Women's Final Four. Nintendo Switch 2 unveiled.
The Trump administration lacks a clear explanation of its tariffs strategy as global markets show signs of worry. The director of the National Security Agency and his deputy are fired. And scientists believe the key to understanding the evolution of human language can be found in one type of great ape.
Here’s what to know today.
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have been met with confusion, uncertainty and fear since his big announcement Wednesday afternoon. The 10% baseline tariff on virtually every country — and higher numbers on countries with which the U.S. has larger trade deficits — now leaves his Republican supporters trying to thread the political needle of not criticizing him while also understanding the economic peril the tariff plan may cause.
So far, Trump’s team has not had a clear message to either explain the strategy behind the tariffs or his thought process behind the decision to go much further than his supporters expected.
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