Ryan Rejected: Trump Says “Not Backing Down”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Mon, 03/05/2018
Moments ago, when reporting that Paul Ryan – and other senior members of Congress – had joined the Tariff Resistance, demanding that Trump kill the proposed steel and alu import tariffs, we quoted Bloomberg’s Michael Regan who remarked that “this is either a strong signal that Trump may end up being talked out of tariffs, or a strong signal that Paul Ryan’s about to get saddled with a new insult-comic nickname from Trump.”
Well, it appears that Ryan is about to have a new nickname, because according to flashing red headlines, Trump just said that he won’t be changing his mind.
TRUMP SAYS NOT BACKING DOWN WHEN ASKED ABOUT RYAN COMMENTS
TRUMP SAYS HE’S NOT BACKING DOWN ON TRADE
Trump then doubled down, adding that “I don’t think you’re going to have a trade war” in response to the planned tariffs, which is somewhat at odds with everything else he said. Regarding Nafta and the tariffs, he told reporters, “If they aren’t going to make a fair trade deal, we’ll leave it this way.” He also threatens to tax car imports coming in ‘like water’, repeating his weekend tweet.
So far, the stock market refuses to react clearly convinced that Trump is, once again, bluffing, while Trump’s comment on China has triggered a small pop in the yuan.
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