Marc Caputo

Miami

Trump White House Reporter at Axios

National political reporter covering MAGAville for @BulwarkOnline Florida Man. https://t.co/zsZKJ562U7

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Inside Trump's chip-on-the-shoulder mindset on tariffs

5 days ago | axios.com | Marc Caputo

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty ImagesStop trying to predict and appraise President Trump's tariffs policies based on economic theories or market realities. Tariffs are pure psychology for the president, fused into his brain like no other topic. Why it matters: Trump's tariff brain is unpredictable to the outside (and to market analysts) but wholly knowable to those who know how his mind works. "There'll be trial and error. There'll be pushing the envelope.
Inside Trump's tariff brain

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Marc Caputo

10 hours agoTrump scraps federal COVID-19 website for virus lab-leak theoryThe White House replaced the federal government’s longstanding hub for news and updates on COVID-19 with a website touting the lab leak theory that blames China for the pandemic. The federal government’s online hub for news and information on COVID-19, the disease that's killed over a million …NowBrace Yourself. Trump’s Trade War With China Will Get Even Uglier.
Trump dashed Musk's secret Pentagon briefing on China

1 week ago | axios.com | Marc Caputo
Trump dashed Musk's secret Pentagon briefing on China

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Marc Caputo

22 hours agoPresident Donald Trump signed more executive orders this afternoon, including one aimed at lower prices for prescription drugs. What to know today Former President Joe Biden gave his first major speech since he left office in January and criticized President Donald Trump's approach to Social …
Why Trump hates the "E's"

1 week ago | axios.com | Marc Caputo

The Trump administration's abrupt walk back of tariff exceptions for cell phones, computers and chips has Wall Street guessing, but it made sense to those who understand the president's thinking: He doesn't like the "E" words. "Exceptions and exemptions are weakness," said a Trump adviser who has discussed tariff policy with him.
Trump's hardline stance

1 week ago | axios.com | Marc Caputo
Trump's hardline stance

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Marc Caputo

14 hours agoTrump Admin Walks Back Tariff Exemption On ElectronicsU.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed late on Friday that imported electronics, such as smartphones, laptops and more, would be exempt from Trump’s tariffs.
3 factors that led to Trump's tariff pause

2 weeks ago | axios.com | Marc Caputo

President Trump's boosters hailed his decision to pause tariff increases for countries around the world as a strategic masterstroke. But it also came down to instinct — which Trump acknowledged later Wednesday as he recalled how "people were getting a little queasy" about the bond market.
Inside the Oval Office: 3 factors that led to Trump's tariff pause

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Marc Caputo

10 hours agoJudge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech companyA Delaware judge, once again, has found that a conservative news outlet broadcast false and defamatory claims about the role a voting technology company played in the 2020 presidential election. This time, that network is Newsmax, Fox News' upstart rival, which is fresh off a successful initial …NowThe US-China trade escalation has no end in sight.
"We like it": Why Trump's team shrugs at Navarro-Musk feud

2 weeks ago | axios.com | Marc Caputo |Alex Isenstadt

President Trump's trade adviser, Peter Navarro, slights Elon Musk's car company on TV. Musk, a senior adviser to Trump, then calls Navarro a "moron" on social media. At the White House, staffers shrug and chuckle. "Boys will be boys," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says.