Trump Pauses Tariffs, Businesses Welcome Relief, Trump Targets Former Officials

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🗓️ 10 April 2025

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President Trump has hit pause on nearly all new tariffs for 90 days. Businesses struggle to plan for the future amid economic uncertainty. And President Trump has signed executive orders targeting two individuals who served in his first administration.

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0:00.0	Let's do a show.
0:02.0	What the heck?
0:03.0	On a Thursday that I thought was a Friday.
0:05.0	I don't know, right?
0:06.0	I feel like I haven't been here forever.
0:08.0	It's only been two days.
0:10.0	Yeah, but I feel it when you're not here.
0:12.0	President Trump has hit pause on nearly all new tariffs for 90 days.
0:18.0	Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line.
0:23.1	They were getting yippy.
0:24.8	With markets rebounding, where does this trade war go?
0:27.9	I'm Michelle Martin with Laila Fonnell, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:34.1	As businesses welcome the suspension of some tariffs, planning for an uncertain future is still top of mind.
0:39.8	He's going to put a lot of people out of business.
0:42.2	And people are going to lose their jobs?
0:44.4	And I might be one of them.
0:45.5	How are business owners thinking about survival?
0:47.7	And President Trump has issued executive orders targeting two individuals from his first administration.
0:53.9	The latest examples of the president using the full power of his office to exact retribution
0:59.5	on his perceived enemies.
1:01.8	So stay with us.
1:02.6	We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
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