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I'm Paul Henley.
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If you ever needed proof that President Trump can suddenly change his mind on the big issues,
take today's decision on his landmark economic policy tariffs,
having effectively declared a trade war on most of the rest of the world and wiped several trillion off share values on the international markets,
Donald Trump took to social media two and a half hours ago to announce a 90-day pause on all tariffs over and above his 10% baseline.
So all the individually applied extra tariffs are on hold, except those on China.
That other global economic superpower is the big exception now.
President Trump has raised the rate on goods from China to 125% effective immediately.
A short time ago, the president spoke to the media and he was asked to explain the thinking behind his 90-day pause.
Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line.
They were getting yippy, you know, they were getting a little bit yippy,
a little bit afraid, unlike these champions, because we have a big job to do.
No other president would have done what I did.
No other president.
I know the president.
They wouldn't have done it.
And it had to be done.