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President Donald Trump speaks alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (L) and White House crypto czar David Sacks at the Digital Assets Summit at the White House on March 7, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
President Donald Trump and his top advisers appear to be singing a different tune as they march to their latest trade war. It goes like this: Markets are made for America, not America for markets. Trump and several Cabinet members said as much, even as the White House delayed some tariffs on Canada and Mexico amid economic fears.
Philip Wegmann is White House correspondent for Real Clear Politics. He previously wrote for The Washington Examiner and has done investigative reporting on congressional corruption and institutional malfeasance.
