American President Donald Trump doesn’t want to be the grinch that stole Christmas.

On Monday, he signed an executive order that extended the Aug. 12 deadline on higher tariffs for China imports to the U.S. for another 90 days. The pause was set to expire Tuesday at midnight.

The second extension on the bilateral tariff pause — the first 90-day pause began in May — wasn’t unexpected. Representatives for the U.S. and China were in Stockholm last month to continue trade talks and one of the agenda items was a second extension to allow for continued negotiations.

But it seemed that Trump was going to wait until the last possible minute to disclose where he stood on the talks. He held a press conference Monday morning where he disclosed the placement of D.C. police under federal

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