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Trump touts tariffs, seeks to reassure on economy

President Trump celebrated his new tariff regime and tried to reassure the public about his economic stewardship Thursday as a trade agenda upending the GOP and the global economic order came into place.

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Trump said the tariffs would raise billions for the U.S. Treasury, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued that foreign producers and big retailers would absorb the costs of the tariffs.

“Tariffs are flowing into the USA at levels not thought even possible,” Trump said Thursday morning.

Stock markets were less impressed.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a loss of 0.5 percent, falling 224 points, as Trump’s tariffs went into place, while the S&P 500 index fell by roughly 0.1 percent.

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