- I will never say I want a weak dollar
- When you have a strong dollar you can’t sell anything
- China and Japan only want a weak currency.
- Japan totally opened up to the US
- Maybe we will get that with the EU.
- On UK trade: We will talk more fine tuning on deal.
- Not a lot of wiggle room on steel and aluminum.
- Asked about whether talk to Netanyahu about aid drops, says he did.
- Can’t say what we talked about, was sort of disappointing
- Most of the letters going out will say 10% and some 15%
- Will be sending close to 200 tariff letters.
- Says EU has a pretty good chance to make a deal
- The EU may have to buy down their tariffs.
- Would use tariff money to provide rebates to Americans a deal
Pres. Trump has a lot of balls in the air. The balls in the air, on the negative side, all of the “balls” keep the focus away from the Maxwell/Epstein saga. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche — DOJ’s second-in-command and formerly President Trump’s defense lawyer — huddled all day with the disgraced British socialite and her lawyer at the US Attorney’s Office in Tallahassee. The convicted madam is serving out a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking young girls to Jeffrey Epstein.
Of course, speaking comes with a deal, and what she ultimately can be tilted one way or the other. My guess is if she does speak, it will be tilted in favor of Trump, and she will ultimately be pardoned.
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This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.