A new report has revealed that people close to senior staff of the Trump administration made various appeals to inner circle officials, such as Vice President JD Vance and billionaire Elon Musk, hoping that they would convince the president to implement more reasonable free trade policies.
Many of the company leaders and founders who supported President Donald Trump's campaign leading up to the 2024 elections were caught off guard by his decision to implement the sweeping tariffs he had been threatening to enact for months. Many continued to support Trump's campaign under the belief that advisors such as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent would stop him from implementing tariffs which could harm the U.S. economy, sources told The Washington Post.
