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WHERE THE "90-DAY TARIFF" RUMOR ORIGINATED:

This morning, White House Economic Advisor Hassett joined Fox News.

He was asked, "Will you do a 90 day pause, or would you consider that?"

His response, "Yeah... you know I think that the President is going to decide what the President is going to decide."

The "fake" headlines quickly spread from there.

What just happened?

At 10:10 AM ET, rumors emerged that the White House was considering a "90-day tariff pause."

At 10:15 AM ET, CNBC reported that Trump is considering a 90-day pause on tariffs for ALL countries except for China.

By 10:18 AM ET, the S&P 500 had added over +$3 TRILLION in market cap from its low.

At 10:25 AM ET, reports emerged that the White House was "unaware" of Trump considering a 90-day pause.

At 10:26 AM ET, CNBC reports that the 90-day tariff pause headlines were incorrect.

At 10:34 AM ET, the White House officially called the tariff pause headlines "fake news."

By 10:40 AM ET, the S&P 500 erased -$2.5 TRILLION of market cap from its high, 22 minutes prior.

Never in history have we seen something like this.
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RT @TKL_Adam: What we're watching:

Amid all the chaos, the 10-year note yield has moved in a straight line higher, now up +30 bps from its low of the day.

Bond markets are telling us something. https://t.co/sk0jgXx7uE
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Li Lu on the points that changed his life after he attended a Warren Buffett lecture. https://t.co/vSnZxenWWH
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BREAKING: The European Union proposes 25% counter-tariffs on a range of US Imports to take effect beginning on May 16th.
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President Trump vs Fed Chair Powell:

Trump has now called on Powell to cut rates multiple times over the last 5 days.

Meanwhile, Powell said he's "not in a hurry" to cut rates and odds of NO cut in May 2025 are up to 71%, per @Kalshi.

Powell wants higher for longer. https://t.co/3QBpuOgWay
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Just realized, GOOGL could have had Wiz for like 30-50% cheaper 😂
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Get some cheap cyber stonks, Dimon says 🤪

Dimon said the firm's largest risk is geopolitical:

"One of the largest risks we face is cyber attacks, both directly on our bank and on critical infrastructure..We also look at other potential large risks, such as war, hybrid and cyber warfare, energy disruptions and ongoing global threats.
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Later this morning, Navarro or Fucknick will say the opposite.

Trump won't budge.

Tariffs here to stay.

Can anyone schedule an interview with all 3 retards at the same time?

HASSETT: TRUMP HAS TALKED TO WORLD LEADERS ALL WEEKEND -FOX INTERVIEW - First Squawk
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GFC meet GRC, the Great Retarded Crisis

#reGFC - Jerry Capital
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Is it just me or does every economic crisis have a "fake news" moment?
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Navarro's yapping guys, it's over again
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Conor Sen made an argument that the US consumer will shift more to services spending as tariffs increase goods prices. Anyone else think this will happen in any sizable way and if so the specific names that will benefit (restos, leisure, travel, etc)
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Sentiment check:

The majority of our 60,000+ poll respondents currently still support President Trump's trade war.

POLL: Do you support President Trump's trade war?

Comment your reasoning below.
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RT @KobeissiLetter: POLL: Do you support President Trump's trade war?

Comment your reasoning below.
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“Every time Wal-Mart spends one dollar foolishly, it comes right out of our customers' pockets. Every time we save them a dollar, that puts us one more step ahead of the competition”

Book : https://t.co/99EEA6kHc6 https://t.co/9dYx5kxsYW
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BREAKING: President Trump says he's "not looking at that" when asked about pausing tariffs.
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BREAKING: President Trump says the European Union was "formed to do damage against the United States for trade."

"We have a deficit with the EU of $350 billion and that needs to disappear fast," he adds.
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