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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Isabel Keane

White House backed down on China’s tariff after president was told they would hurt ‘Trump’s people’ the most

The White House eased tariffs imposed on China after several staffers were forced to warn President Donald Trump that his penalties would cause his supporters - or “Trump’s people,” - to suffer economically, according to a report.

While Trump was reluctant to lower tariffs against Beijing too quickly, several White House staffers – including Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other aides – warned him the penalties were placing his own supporters in danger, sources told the Washington Post.

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