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Heres what president trump said about the decision. >> tax on people, what weve done is weve delayed it so that they wont be relevant to the christmas shopping season. >> it was the first time trump has publicly said that consumers would be hurt by tariffs. he has repeatedly claimed that china pays the cost but not u.s. businesses or consumers. the news sent stocks surging. the dow closed up 373 points, recovering much of the losses from mondays sell-off. asian markets, they rallied, as well, fu...

Robert light highser and jared kushner all privately counseled against the move. i should tell you just to give you a sense of how sensitive the president is, even on this sunday morning, between 7:09 and 7:53 a.m. eastern hes sent three tweets defending and explaining this new policy. >> well, tariffs are the presidents favorite negotiating tactic, but i would put an emphasis on noepgting tactic. they have not yet gone into effect. the president has previously backed off of severe threats, so i...

Now going after general motors, right? >> right. he is applying pressure using a campaign promise to an american car company the same way he applied pressure using twitter to carrier and boeing and lockheed martin to get results. the tweet about gm says this. general motors is sending mexican made models to u.s. car dealers free across the border making usa or pay big border tax. another key player was added to the trump trade team. robert light highser, he will be nominated a u.s. trade represe...