{"id":2420804,"date":"2025-04-07T15:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-sets-the-record-straight-on-reported-90-day-tariff-pause\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T15:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:21:16","slug":"white-house-sets-the-record-straight-on-reported-90-day-tariff-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-sets-the-record-straight-on-reported-90-day-tariff-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Sets the Record Straight on Reported &#8217;90-Day Tariff Pause&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-sets-the-record-straight-on-reported-90-day-tariff-pause%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2420804&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh White House has responded to rumors that President Donald Trump is considering a 90-day pause on his tariffs, dismissing these claims as &#8220;fake news.&#8221; The speculation arose after Trump implemented a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-planning-new-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminum-imports-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... planning new ... on steel and aluminum imports - Washington Examiner\">reciprocal tariffs aimed<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">correcting unfair trade balances<\/a>, an action he had promised during his campaign. Despite warning that the economic adjustments may cause <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burchett-confirms-he-is-a-no-on-stopgap-funding-measure-our-financial-ship-is-sinking\/\" title=\"Burchett rejects stopgap funding: &#039;Our finances are in dire straits&#039;\">short-term difficulties<\/a>, Trump assured Americans that they need to &#8220;hang tough&#8221; for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-office-opposition-from-ncaa-woke-corporations-strengthened-his-resolve-to-protect-girls\/\" title=\"DeSantis\u2019 Office: Opposition From NCAA, \u2018Woke\u2019 Corporations \u2018Strengthened His Resolve\u2019 To Protect Girls\">long-term benefits<\/a>, describing the situation as an &#8220;economic revolution.&#8221; The rumors about the potential pause were sparked by a misinterpretation of comments made by Kevin hassett, director of the National Economic council. Official statements from the White House clarified that such a pause was not under consideration, reiterating that all trade policies, particularly with China, were to remain unchanged to fulfill Trump&#8217;s vision ofTrade reform. The administration emphasized the importance of perseverance in pursuing these economic changes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The White House is pushing back against hearsay claiming that President Donald Trump is getting some cold feet about his tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>To wit, Trump triggered worldwide economic upheaval when he launched a barrage of reciprocal tariffs against the rest of the world on Wednesday &mdash; otherwise known as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/official-liberation-day-list-tariffs-maga-dream-come-true\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberation Day<\/a>&rdquo; &mdash; to fix unfair trade balances.<\/p>\n<p>While the move was something Trump had long touted on his campaign trail, the president still warned about some potential &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-statement-morning-liberation-day-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healing<\/a>&rdquo; pains and said that Americans would need to &ldquo;hang tough&rdquo; because &ldquo;it won&rsquo;t be easy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN. HANG TOUGH, it won&rsquo;t be easy, but the end result will be historic,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-tells-americans-hang-tough-tariffs-rattle-economy-wont-easy-end-result-will-historic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> to  on Saturday. &ldquo;We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps due in part to Trump trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-plan-working-dozens-nations-come-table-dying-make-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temper short-term expectations<\/a>, otherwise unfounded rumors began circulating that the president was considering a 90-day pause on his tariffs.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/white-house-shoots-down-rumors-of-90-day-tariff-pause-as-trump-allies-brush-off-recession-fears-145918239.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>, this rumor actually helped spark some minor stock market turnaround, highlighting just how influential Trump and his administration are on a world stage right now.<\/p>\n<p>And they&rsquo;re now using that influence to squash that very rumor.<\/p>\n<p>The official White House rapid response team on X responded to a since-deleted X post that made a claim that effectively said, &ldquo;Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-monday-update-tariffs-calls-federal-reserve-take-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> is considering a 90-day pause on all countries except China,&rdquo; per <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5235841-white-house-dismisses-rumor-that-led-markets-to-jump-fake-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the White House response was a clip of what Hassett actually said.<\/p>\n<p>You can view both below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wrong. Not only did Director Hassett not say this (clip below), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a> has been clear &mdash; &ldquo;it all has to change, but especially with CHINA!!!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Kvt8AScAZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/3Kvt8AScAZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JHucHjZm3S\">pic.twitter.com\/JHucHjZm3S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1909254335822692548?\">April 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wrong,&rdquo; the White House X account posted Monday. &ldquo;Not only did Director Hassett not say this (clip below), @POTUS has been clear &mdash; &lsquo;it all has to change, but especially with CHINA!!!&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president is going to decide what the president is going to decide,&rdquo; Hassett said in the clip.<\/p>\n<p>(It appears some confusion may have been caused with Hassett saying, &ldquo;yeah&rdquo; when asked if he would consider a 90-day tariff pause, though it didn&rsquo;t appear to be as much an affirmation as it was ending his preceding line of thought.)<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a White House official called this idea &ldquo;FAKE NEWS&rdquo; in a text message to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-07-25\/card\/white-house-trump-isn-t-considering-a-90-day-tariff-pause-HJFRBygoPuuAmU4htuAh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/04\/07\/trump-tariffs-live-updates-stock-market-crypto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told CNBC<\/a> that the pause rumors were &ldquo;fake news.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump appeared to double down on his tariff decisions in a Truth post Monday, telling people that things may be tough now, but that it would be well worth it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114296801411259400\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO,&rdquo; the president posted. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be Weak! Don&rsquo;t be Stupid!<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Trump initiated significant global economic changes by imposing reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, referred to as &#8220;Liberation Day,&#8221; to address unfair trade practices. Although this move was a key promise from his campaign, the president cautioned about potential challenges ahead and urged Americans to remain resilient, stating it wouldn&#8217;t be easy. He emphasized the importance of perseverance in achieving historic results for America. Amidst efforts to manage expectations, unfounded speculation arose about a possible 90-day pause on tariffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2420805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Donald-Trump-11.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53002,42205,32127],"class_list":["post-2420804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-tariff-pause","tag-trade-policy","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Donald-Trump-11.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420808,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420804\/revisions\/2420808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}