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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Trump officials struggle to explain tariff strategy but claim Americans won’t feel ‘big effect’

CNN’s Jake Tapper clashed with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday as she and other Cabinet-level officials hit the interview circuit to reassure Americans in the wake of a stock market plunge as the fallout from “Liberation Day” continues.

The Texas-native and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were the face of the Trump administration’s PR offensive on Sunday. The White House battled a wave of negative headlines surrounding two days of steep market losses and the criticism of free trade advocates in both parties who claim that the president’s actions will crash the US economy.

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