Last Tuesday, the day before President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs were set to be imposed, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked by a reporter about the possibility of last-minute changes to those import taxes.
"The president was asked and answered this yesterday," Leavitt responded. "He is not considering an extension or a delay."
Less than 24 hours later, the White House announced that many of those tariffs would, in fact, be delayed. "This was [Trump's] strategy all along," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters shortly after the change was announced.
