"Otherwise, I'm not going to drop ‘em. It'll all work out," Trump said
President Donald Trump is claiming, in a Time magazine interview out Friday, that he's made "200 deals" so far in tariff talks but wouldn't say why he hadn't announced any.
He also said that he would be "finished" with negations in the next 3-4 weeks.
Trump was asked about the trade deal with India thatVice President JD Vance claimed to helped negotiate, but the president provided no details.
"They're not very complicated. These deals. It's about the tariffs," Trump said before speaking about unfair trade deals in the past between the U.S. and India.
When asked if there is “direct contact” between the U.S. and China on trade, Trump responded an assertive, “Yes, of course. Every day.”
The president touted that he has "great relationships with China and with President Xi in particular." Despite China slamming the U.S. for its tariff policies and criticizing its "coercion" and "bullying" in a statement earlier today, Trump expressed confidence that the two countries are "going to get along great."
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump remained vague over the state of China tariffs but expressed confidence that the U.S. will be making "great deals" in the coming weeks.
“And by the way, if we don't have a deal with a company or a country, we're going to set the tariff. We just set the tariff. It's something that we think that will happen, I'd say, over the next couple of weeks.”
“Over the next two, three weeks, we'll be setting the number,” Trump continued, adding that this “could be on China” and that this “depends on them.”
A dozen states, led by New York, are suing the Trump administration for "imposing imposing unprecedented tax hikes on Americans in the form of tariffs," according to an announcement released by New York Attorney General Letitia James and Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The announcement said the tariffs imposed on nearly every country risk causing "severe economic damage" throughout the United States.
"Donald Trump promised that he would lower prices and ease the cost of living, but these illegal tariffs will have the exact opposite effect on American families," James said. "His tariffs are unlawful and if not stopped, they will lead to more inflation, unemployment, and economic damage."
Hochul added that the president's "reckless tariffs have skyrocketed costs for consumers and unleashed economic chaos across the country. ... "Attorney General James and I are partnering on this litigation on behalf of New York consumers, because we can't let President Trump push our country into a recession."
Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont joined New York in the lawsuit.
