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Donald Trump will send foreign leaders more letters notifying them of new tariffs in the days to come, said Karoline Leavitt.

“There will be additional letters in the coming days,” the White House press secretary said, in addition to the 12 he plans to send today and the two already made public, which were to South Korea and Japan’s leaders,

As for why Trump decided to start with the two Asian allies, Leavitt said:

It’s the president’s prerogative and those are the countries he chose.

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Will they come with gift cards for Taco Bell?

[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Send back return to sender

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

I've been wondering how China's rare earth minerals are factoring into these "negotiations"

[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Can’t wait for him to blinkity-blink-blink again.