🇺🇸 PRESS SEC: “WORLD LEADERS ARE BEGGING TRUMP TO COME TO A DEAL” Reporter: “Is the President concerned that shifting the tariff deadline will make countries take the letters less seriously?” Press Sec: “They will take the letters seriously because they have taken the https://t.co/P3Biyd90E5 https://t.co/ymxf6tC5ce
Q: "Is the president at all concerned that these countries receiving the letters won't take them seriously given the deadline seems to have shifted already and may shift again?" Leavitt: "They will take the letters seriously because they have taken the president seriously." https://t.co/3F6zVN3hAP
Leavitt on tariffs: They will take the letters seriously because they have taken the president seriously. And that's why the president's phone, I can tell you, rings off the hook from world leaders all the time who are begging him to come to a deal. https://t.co/xQNJjtUxnS
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the U.S. government plans to send additional trade notification letters beyond the initial 12 countries. She emphasized that these letters will be taken seriously by the recipient nations, attributing this to the respect and attention the President commands from world leaders. Leavitt noted that the President's phone is frequently engaged with calls from global leaders eager to negotiate trade deals. Despite concerns about shifting tariff deadlines, Leavitt reassured that the seriousness with which these communications are received remains unchanged.