
Jake Traylor
White House Reporter at POLITICO
covering the 2024 presidential election for @nbcnews
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Eli Stokols |Jake Traylor
Top European officials are antsy about Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni traveling to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump Thursday with trade talks on a razor’s edge. But they also know she might be their best chance to ease transatlantic tensions.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Eli Stokols |Jake Traylor
Top European officials are antsy about Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni traveling to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump Thursday with trade talks on a razor’s edge. But they also know she might be their best chance to ease transatlantic tensions.
Tariff carve-outs underscore weak US position in China trade war: ‘This is going to get really ugly’
1 week ago |
politico.com | Megan Messerly |Jake Traylor |Phelim Kine |Ari Hawkins
The White House says it has the upper hand in its trade war with China. Its actions suggest otherwise. Top administration officials spent the weekend trying to defend a carve-out of consumer electronics from the astronomical 145 percent tariffs it levied on China last week.
Tariff carve-outs underscore weak US position in China trade war: ‘This is going to get really ugly’
1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Megan Messerly |Jake Traylor |Phelim Kine |Ari Hawkins
The White House says it has the upper hand in its trade war with China. Its actions suggest otherwise. Top administration officials spent the weekend trying to defend a carve-out of consumer electronics from the astronomical 145 percent tariffs it levied on China last week.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Jake Traylor
As stock futures tumbled Sunday, Trump doubled down on his tariff plans.
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Trump just now talking about Elon Musk during the Cabinet meeting: "I don't need Elon for anything other than I happen to like him."

Commerce Sec. Lutnick just now during Cabinet meeting on negotiatiing tariffs with other nations: "I'm not sure we could ever have enough time in the day to talk to all these countries."

"The Chinese want to make a deal, they just don't know how to do it," @PressSec said just now. 104% tariffs will go into effect on China at midnight.