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A U.S. Department of Homeland Security report warned Charlottesville police about the potential for violence three days before the deadly clashes between white supremacists and left-wing anarchists, reports Politico. The report is dated Wednesday, August 9; the violence that left one woman dead occurred Saturday, August 12.
"I want you to know, this is my view. I want tariffs. And I want someone to bring me some tariffs. … I know there are some globalists in the room right now. And they don't want them, John, they don't want the tariffs. But I'm telling you, I want tariffs." — President Donald Trump, speaking to his new chief of staff at an Oval Office meeting about trade and taxes on imports, as reported by Jonathan Swan of Axios.
The most charitable view of this is that Trump or his allies are leaking it as a bluff, to strengthen their hand in trade negotiations with Mexico and China. In this view, the president doesn't really intend to saddle American consumers or businesses with taxes on imported goods.