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I'm Darian Woods.
And I'm Waylon Wong.
Throughout President Donald Trump's career,
he's held all kinds of positions on taxes and social issues.
One constant, though, has been tariffs.
He talked about tariffs a lot during his campaign,
so it wasn't surprising that he followed through on tariffs as president.
What was surprising to the world was the scale of those tariffs announced in early April.
Global markets plummeted.
And the fundamental question everyone's trying to understand is,
are the tariffs a bargaining chip or are they here permanently?
Is the president dealmaker Don or tariff man Trump?
Inside the president is two wolves.
We go all the way back to Trump's childhood to try to figure out which one's in charge.
My conversation with the Trump biographer after the break.
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