Trump changes his attitude to fast trade agreements: from the Politics Desk

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In today's edition, Jonathan will change all how Team Trump changes his message about trade transactions because they have only slowly came into play. Andrea Mitchell also examines a potential intersection in the relationship between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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The beginning of the deal: Why Trump stopped emphasizing the speed of trade agreements

By Jonathan Allen

A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump and the White House boasted that his tariffs would force a legion of foreign nations to hurry into new trade agreements – and that Trump's skills would provide cheaper conditions for the United States.

“I tell you these countries call us and kiss my A–,” said Trump last month before his mutual tariffs should come into force. “You absolutely want to make a deal. 'Please, sir, do a deal. I'll do everything. I'll do everything, sir!'”

After Trump stated some of his tariffs and a three -month negotiating window, his trade advisor Peter Navarro said a few days later in NBC News' “Meet the Press”: “We have in 90 days, possibly pending here.”

But Trump has changed his tone and melody in the past few days, since it has become clear that trade agreements do not want as quickly as he wants and that it is not dozens in the queue. His postponement also comes in the midst of severe criticism that his tariffs will increase the prices for consumers and damage an American economy that organized the first negative growth in years in the first quarter.

“You continue to write about offers, offers. When will we sign you? It's very simple. We will say that in some cases we want you to open your country. In some cases we want you to drop your tariffs,” an obviously frustrated Trump told reporters on Tuesday.

“So I wish you would stop, you know, listen to ask:” How many offers do you sign this week? “Because one day we come and give you 100 offers.

Apart from the ambitious food, with the number of nations at the same time, the United States does not have any discussions with their largest trading partner China-since Trump used a comprehensive tariff of 145% for its products.

Finance Minister Scott Bessent announced on Wednesday that his planned meeting with Chinese officials in Switzerland is constantly making an early phase of negotiations this weekend, which is not as far as with less important nations.

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Keep stable: The Federal Reserve stated that the interest rates have increased, since the chances of higher unemployment and higher inflation according to Trump's tariff plan had increased.

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The first signs of a Trump-Netanyahu gap?

By Andrea Mitchell

When President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the Yemeni Houthis had agreed to hire the US ships in the Red Sea, and that the United States had stopped their air strikes against the militia supported by Iran, America's closest ally in the Middle East was not caught consciously.

Israel didn't even know that an armistice was in the works and that his ships were not covered by the ceasefire. In fact, Israel had hammered the airport in the capital of Jemens on the same day and met for a Houthi strike in the almost Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. The Houthis did not say whether they also extend a safe pass to other international shipping so that they can resume sailing through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, a much cheaper route than the longer journey around Africa.

The first public reference to a possible violation between the USA and Israeli leadership came when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House last month, in the hope that the United States would afford air support for possible Israeli operation against the nuclear institutions of Iran. Instead, Trump announced that he would agree to lead talks with Iran.

And now the administration of Israel and Hamas puts pressure on an armistice and a hostage publication within a few days. This is due to the fact that Trump wants to announce an agreement before leaving for Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar for the first foreign journey of his second term. His impatience is based on his hope of making progress in the completion of the Abraham Agreement, which he initiated in his first term of making Saudi Arabia to take the first steps to recognize Israel. The efforts were continued under President Joe Biden, but it collapsed when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 and triggered the war in Gaza. And the Saudis will not take it into account while the war continues.

But Hamas is firmly anchored, Israel has occupied two thirds of the Gaza again, and the Netanyahu cabinet has called for the reserves to expand the fights. This week Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of the Middle East of Israel, cultivated in Washington, DC, Israelis to overcome her political divisions. On Wednesday, Netanyahus of committed political consultants Ron Dermer, the former ambassador in the United States, met with the secretary of the State Secretary/National Security, Marco Rubio and Witkoff.

The question is: will Netanyahu reverse in Gaza to achieve an even more important common goal with the United States – an economic and security contract with Saudi Arabia that completes his dream of peace and prosperity with the Arab world?

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