The White House said on Monday that reports claiming President Donald Trump was moving toward a 90-day pause on tariffs are “wrong.”
After National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett discussed Trump’s tariffs during an interview on Fox News, reports falsely stated that Hassett revealed the president was considering a pause on all tariffs except those imposed on China. The claim was spread by numerous X accounts with large followings and was also discussed on CNBC, sparking a short-lived spike in the stock market on Monday morning.
A White House official told Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan that reports of a tariff pause are fake news.
White House official tells me this is fake news. Tweet has also been deleted: pic.twitter.com/Y9K0MEVj1X
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) April 7, 2025
“Wrong. Not only did Director Hassett not say this (clip…
