Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said a compromise with Canada and Mexico on Trump's controversial tariffs will "probably" come "tomorrow."

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  • Donald Trump will “probably” announce a compromise with Canada and Mexico as early as Wednesday, which could scale back his new 25% tariffs on top U.S trading partners, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.
  • The comments came after the U.S. stock market limped to a close for a second day of sharp declines.
  • The Trump administration enacted sweeping tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports after putting them on pause for a month.
    • Hellinabucket@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      I dunno man, that’s the same secret service that let some kid with a trash scope get a shot off that basically won trump the presidency.

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        5·
        1 day ago

        https://www.kjzz.org/fronteras-desk/2025-02-22/some-400-dhs-probationary-employees-fired-amid-doge-mass-layoffs

        Some 400 probationary employees have been fired from the Department of Homeland Security — as the Trump administration’s mass layoff campaign continues.

        We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” he said. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains."

        — Russ Vought

        Honestly, I think that even a dedicated Secret Service agent might have a hard time building up the enthusiasm to take a bullet for that.

        And that’s the second term. From the first term, you rather infamously had this Secret Service incident:

        Kerry O’Grady posted on Facebook that she “wouldn’t take a bullet” for then presidential candidate Donald Trump back in October.

        The Washington Free Beacon reports O’Grady’s job has been posted, and the The Washington Examiner reported O’Grady has been suspended.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 day ago

        If memory serves right the President choose their agents since it helps build goodwill. I suspect that everyone in Trump’s secret service are those who got their transfer papers out last.