The short history of Trump's tariff chaos — and more that happened this week
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
81% : Trump said in his address to Congress: "Spoke to the majors today, all three, the top people, and they're so excited."52% : The pace has been frenetic these first six weeks, but Trump made clear on Tuesday that it's just the beginning.
52% : Trump again calls Trudeau "governor" on his social media platform and says that any tariffs imposed by Canada on the U.S. will see an equal increase from the U.S. Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress.
52% : Trump appears to rein in DOGE, saying now that his Cabinet is in place, he wants to see more coordination with agency heads and a "scalpel" rather than "hatchet" approach.
51% : Vice President Vance heads to Capitol Hill, says Trump wants Ukraine to come to the negotiating table.
50% : He said: "I think the circuit judges erred badly because their willingness to sign off on my ouster -- even if presented as possibly temporary – immediately erases the independence Congress provided for my position, a vital protection that has been accepted as lawful for nearly fifty years.
50% : Trump announces on social media that he will exempt more imported goods from Mexico from his 25% tariffs on Mexican goods.
48% : Trump and Trudeau speak.
47% : Trump says that Zelenskyy can come back to the White House "when he's ready for peace."
46% : Feb. 10: Trump says he will impose 25% tariffs on steel imports from all countries, and he raises aluminum tariffs from 10% to 25%.
46% : "Reuters reported that Trump wanted to to sign the minerals deal with Ukraine before his address to Congress but that didn't materialize.
45% : Feb. 26: Trump says at Cabinet meeting he might give Canada and Mexico a one-month reprieve on tariffs until April 2.
43% : Feb. 13: Trump signs a memorandum that sets the stage for "reciprocal tariffs" to go into effect across the board on April 2.
42% : "It may be a little bit of an adjustment period," Trump said in his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, acknowledging economic repercussions that could result from tariffs, and he asked Americans, farmers in particular, to "bear with me."
42% : Trump, though, later says tariffs will, in fact, go into effect.
39% : Trump announces that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will spend $100 billion on creating chips in the U.S.Commerce Secretary Lutnick again opens the possibility that the tariffs won't go into effect Tuesday.
39% : Trump warns Hamas on social media to release remaining hostages "or it is OVER for you."
39% : New Zealand's top diplomat in the U.K. was removed from his post after critical comments of Trump and comparisons to appeasement before World War II when some advocated for Hitler taking parts of the then-Czechoslovakia.
37% : March 3: Lutnick again says it's possible the tariffs don't go into effect, but Trump later confirms they will.
37% : Lutnick tells Fox News that Trump might pull back tariffs Wednesday.
32% : He falsely contends, as Trump has, that Europeans have been given a better deal.
31% : "We are just getting started," Trump said during his joint address, in which he focused heavily on the culture war issues that have made him popular with his MAGA base.
31% : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hits back at Trump.
30% : Trump goes after Zelenskyy on his social media platform for saying that the end to the war with Russia is far off.
30% : Trump is prepping executive action to shut down the Department of Education.
29% : She invokes late-Republican President Ronald Reagan, saying she's glad he was in charge during the Cold War and that Trump would have lost it.
27% : Trump says he's deciding on whether to revoke temporary legal status for Ukrainian refugees.
26% : Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau blasts Trump for cozying up to Russian President Putin and imposing tariffs against allies.
26% : March 5: Trump delays tariffs related to autos until April 2.
26% : Trump pauses aid to Ukraine.
25% : March 4: Trump levies 25% tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China.
24% : March 6: Trump delays tariffs on Mexican goods.
23% : After drops in the stock market, outcry from the Big Three automakers in the U.S. and a conversation with Mexico's president, President Trump again reversed himself and is delaying tariffs against Mexico and Canada.
23% : Trump is moving to make big changes at Voice of America, led by Kari Lake, an ex-local-TV-anchor-turned-Trump-ally, who lost bids for both governor and U.S. Senate.
21% : Trump said he's not going to "put up with it for much longer!"NSA Waltz says on Fox News that Zelensky needs to express regrets for the Friday meeting in the Oval Office and say that he wants peace in order to sign the mineral deal with the United States.
20% : He threatens to hit the U.S. with retaliatory tariffs; Mocking Trudeau as "governor," Trump says he will hit back if that happens.
19% : Feb. 3: Trump delays tariffs on Canada and Mexico by a month.
19% : Zelenskyy sends a more conciliatory message to Trump, saying the White House meeting was "regrettable."
18% : Feb. 27: Trump reverses course and says they will go into effect March 4.
15% : Trump threatens to cut off potentially $50 million in funding to Columbia University for not doing enough to combat anti-semitism.
11% : White House Press Secretary Leavitt says reports of Trump preparing to sign an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education is "fake news."
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