Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said a compromise with Canada and Mexico on Trump's controversial tariffs will "probably" come "tomorrow."

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  • Donald Trump will “probably” announce a compromise with Canada and Mexico as early as Wednesday, which could scale back his new 25% tariffs on top U.S trading partners, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.
  • The comments came after the U.S. stock market limped to a close for a second day of sharp declines.
  • The Trump administration enacted sweeping tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports after putting them on pause for a month.
  • Randomgal@lemmy.ca
    31·
    2 days ago

    I don’t think he realizes you can pull the nail out but that doesn’t erase the hole you made.

    • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
      17·
      2 days ago

      I don’t think he cares. He doesn’t give a shit about the US, or how much damage he causes. He only cares about himself, and maybe a few of his associates, maybe, though I’d wager that caring only extends so far as they continue to act sycophantic. He’d turn on them in an instant if they stopped playing into his ego.

      If another country’s leader was pulling this shit against the US, we’d have arranged for their leader to be deposed, or to fall down some stairs, or for a coup to occur, or something. If only some other country would do the same now.

        • Hellinabucket@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          2 days ago

          I dunno man, that’s the same secret service that let some kid with a trash scope get a shot off that basically won trump the presidency.

          • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
            3·
            1 day ago

            https://www.kjzz.org/fronteras-desk/2025-02-22/some-400-dhs-probationary-employees-fired-amid-doge-mass-layoffs

            Some 400 probationary employees have been fired from the Department of Homeland Security — as the Trump administration’s mass layoff campaign continues.

            We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” he said. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains."

            — Russ Vought

            Honestly, I think that even a dedicated Secret Service agent might have a hard time building up the enthusiasm to take a bullet for that.

            And that’s the second term. From the first term, you rather infamously had this Secret Service incident:

            Kerry O’Grady posted on Facebook that she “wouldn’t take a bullet” for then presidential candidate Donald Trump back in October.

            The Washington Free Beacon reports O’Grady’s job has been posted, and the The Washington Examiner reported O’Grady has been suspended.

          • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            2 days ago

            If memory serves right the President choose their agents since it helps build goodwill. I suspect that everyone in Trump’s secret service are those who got their transfer papers out last.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 days ago

      And the person you hammered the nail into the first time won’t be nearly as willing to come close to you to let you do it again.