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Trump could scale back Canada, Mexico tariffs Wednesday, Lutnick says (www.cnbc.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 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.