President Donald Trump and senior administration officials proposed mixed messages on the question of whether his radical prices are permanent or open to negotiations.
Thursday afternoon, Trump said that countries were already coming to him to conclude agreements, suggesting that he was open to negotiating with foreign leaders. But he took a different tone on Friday, writing in a message to foreign investors on social networks that his “Politicians will never change.”
Trump senior officials did not give an additional clarity in television appearances today:
Director of the National Economic Council of the White House, Kevin Hassett: Hassett said that “more than 50 countries” contacted the United States to try to negotiate tariff agreements.
Hassett declared on this week “this week” that the countries are reaching out “because they understand that they support a lot of prices”.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: Asked about the “face the nation” of CBS News on the complaint on the 50 countries stretched out, Lutnick wouldn’t say if the White House is really open to negotiations.
Lutnick echoes Hassett by saying that the awareness of foreign officials shows that “these countries know that they have torn us”.
Pressed on several occasions, Lungick Lo the general prices of Trump at 10% of Trump were permanent. He said Trump will not report the Additional and steep prices Prepare to enter into force this week.
Commercial advisor Peter Navarro: In a Fox News interviewNavarro said that “it is not a negotiation” – but also that Trump is still “ready to listen” when other countries call.
“It’s cheating no price non -passing barriers In the global economy that has attracted Trump’s anger.
The Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins: Pressed several times by Jake Tapper de CNN, Rollins was Impossible to say clearly Whether the prices are there to stay or if there is room for negotiations.
“We are two working days in this new American order. So I think we have a lot to determine, ”she said.