White House offers little clarity on upcoming tariffs
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered little clarity on the pending tariffs set to go into place on Wednesday -- which it's dubbed as "Liberation Day."
Despite being pressed on the topic multiple times by reporters on Monday, Leavitt wouldn't get into any details on the announcement, from which countries would be targeted or what rate they'd face. She instead deferred to President Donald Trump, saying, "It's his announcement to make."

Asked by ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce if there's any way for countries to stave off the pending tariffs and if the president has decided the scale and scope of them, Leavitt said that now is "the time for reciprocity."
"Well, I think, first of all, unfortunately, these countries have been ripping off our country for far too long, and they've made, I think, their disdain for the American worker quite clear," she said before listing levies from other nations.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie, Michelle Stoddart and Molly Nagle







