<p>Democrats and the campaign for President Joe Biden are heading for trouble in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ohio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio</a> as a law in the state could prevent Biden from appearing on the ballot in November.</p>
<p>The Ohio Secretary of State&#8217;s office sent a letter to Ohio Democratic Chair Liz Walters on Friday, warning of &#8220;an apparent conflict in Ohio law&#8221; as the Democratic National Convention — where Biden will officially be nominated — is scheduled for August 19, 12 days after the deadline when presidential nominees must be certified by the Secretary of State, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-face-challenges-ohio-general-ballot/story?id=108912620" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am left to conclude that the Democratic National Committee must either move up its nominating convention or the Ohio General Assembly must act by May 9, 2024 (90 days prior to a new law&#8217;s effective date) to create an exception to this statutory requirement,&#8221; wrote Paul Disantis, legal counsel for the Ohio SOS.</p>
<p>The Ohio General Assembly is controlled by Republicans. Both state House Minority Leader Allison Russo and state Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio were copied on the general counsel&#8217;s letter.</p>
<p>&#8220;We’re monitoring the situation in Ohio and we’re confident that Joe Biden will be on the ballot in all 50 states,&#8221; a Biden campaign spokesman told ABC News.</p>
<p>Ohio, which has been a vital swing state in recent history, recently shifted Right with former President Donald Trump winning the state by eight points in both 2016 and 2020. Before Republicans&#8217; recent success in Ohio, Democrats counted on the midwestern state for election victories under Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.</p>
<p>Trump currently leads Biden in Ohio by 10 points, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/ohio/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics average</a> of polling data. In both of the last two polls taken of the state, Trump maintains a double-digit lead.</p>
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<p>While Ohio, with its 17 electoral votes, appears to be comfortably in Trump&#8217;s hands, a win in the state for Biden would significantly lower the Republican candidate&#8217;s chances of pulling off a 2024 victory.</p>

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<p>Former Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump said on Tuesday that she was grateful for journalist Jake Tapper apologizing to her months after a heated debate over former President Joe Biden&#8217;s mental acuity, but added that the CNN host&#8217;s change of heart &#8220;feels a little bit too late.&#8221;</p>
<p>Following the release of his book, &#8220;Original Sin,&#8221; which documents the cover-up of Biden&#8217;s decline in the White House, Tapper said he apologized to Trump for berating her after she pointed out Biden&#8217;s mental struggles during an interview in October 2020. Trump, the president&#8217;s daughter-in-law, confirmed that Tapper called her &#8220;about two months ago&#8221; to promise that he would go on TV to apologize. Trump said she appreciated &#8220;that he did keep his word.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;He said, &#8216;I have this book coming out, and I know everybody is saying that I should apologize to you. I plan, whenever the book comes out, to go on TV and I will say you were right and I was wrong.&#8217; And I guess to Jake&#8217;s credit, he did that,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/lara-trump-reveals-story-behind-cnn-anchor-jake-tappers-a-little-bit-too-late-apology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News host Laura Ingraham.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think the overarching thing here is that the damage is done,&#8221; she added. &#8220;We were so close to something so dangerous happening to this country. &#8230; And Jake Tapper saying that this is like a Watergate-level type of situation, now that he played a role in it, it feels a little bit too late to me. I do appreciate that he did keep his word, though, and has come out and said that I was right.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the October 2020 interview, which took place just weeks before the presidential election between Biden and Trump, Tapper pushed back against Mrs. Trump for questioning Biden&#8217;s mental acuity, arguing that Trump was exploiting Biden&#8217;s stutter.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think what we see on stage, Jake, is very clearly a cognitive decline,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ok &#8230; I think that you were mocking his stutter. And I think that you have absolutely no standing to diagnose somebody&#8217;s cognitive decline,&#8221; Tapper replied.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not diagnosing him. What I&#8217;m saying, Jake, is that we can clearly see that Joe Biden is struggling at many times on stage, and it&#8217;s very concerning to a lot of people that this could be the leader of the free world,&#8221; Trump shot back.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Seems like a good time to remind everyone that in 2020 Jake Tapper, first, accused me of making fun of people with a stutter (an atrocious accusation) and then attempted to shut me down and ended our interview when I tried to warn people of Joe Biden’s very obvious cognitive… <a href="https://t.co/ZOxSGQP13J">pic.twitter.com/ZOxSGQP13J</a></p>
<p>— Lara Trump (@LaraLeaTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaraLeaTrump/status/1806420367415914571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>While on a media tour to promote his book earlier this month, Tapper <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6wrn09T30I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> British TV host Piers Morgan, &#8220;Knowing what we know now, and looking back on that interview, which I feel tremendous humility about, she [Lara Trump] was right, and I was wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I did not see, in the moments he was having, I did not see that as cognitive decline,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Tapper has been blasted for publishing a book about Biden&#8217;s mental decline — an issue conservatives had been raising for years — after the former president left office.</p>
<p>&#8220;No matter how much he wants to come out now and say, &#8216;You know what, we&#8217;re going to start calling the shots like we see them actually now.&#8217; It&#8217;s too late,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t do this time and time again to people and continue to lie to people in the way they did and think that you&#8217;re going to get any different result. It&#8217;s the reason Donald Trump is in the White House right now.&#8221;</p>

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<p>The federation that oversees high school sports in California is changing a rule for girls&#8217; track and field eligibility as President Donald Trump rages against the state allowing a boy to compete against female athletes.</p>
<p>The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) <a href="https://www.cifstate.org/news/2025_tf_statement_5.27.25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Tuesday that any female student who lost out on qualifying for the state track and field championships because she was forced to compete against a male athlete will be invited to the upcoming event. The CIF said it decided &#8220;last weekend&#8221; to test out a new &#8220;pilot entry process.&#8221; While giving some female athletes a spot in the state finals, the rule change does not bar male athletes from competing against them at the championships this weekend.</p>
<p>&#8220;The CIF values all of our student-athletes and we will continue to uphold our mission of providing students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete while complying with California law and Education Code. With this in mind, the CIF will be implementing a pilot entry process for the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships,&#8221; the governing body said. &#8220;Under this pilot entry process, any biological female student-athlete who would have earned the next qualifying mark for one of their Section&#8217;s automatic qualifying entries in the CIF State meet, and did not achieve the CIF State at-large mark in the finals at their Section meet, was extended an opportunity to participate in the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships.&#8221;</p>
<p>On Tuesday, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-out-newsom-threatens-to-cut-funding-over-high-school-boy-competing-in-girls-sports?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Calls+Out+Newsom%2C+Threatens+To+Cut+Funding+Over+High+School+Boy+Competing+In+Girls%E2%80%99+Sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ripped</a> California, along with its Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, for allowing a high school boy to compete against females in athletics. Trump said that boys competing against girls is “TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS&#8221; and threatened to yank federal funding from the state.</p>
<p>“California, under the leadership of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newscum, continues to ILLEGALLY allow ‘MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS,&#8217;” Trump wrote. “This week a transitioned Male athlete, at a major event, won ‘everything,’ and is now qualified to compete in the ‘State Finals’ next weekend. As a Male, he was a less than average competitor. As a Female, this transitioned person is practically unbeatable.”</p>
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<p>On Wednesday, the office of Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon <a href="https://x.com/erinfriday75490/status/1927778642655867236?s=46&amp;t=Ry4tRhue8IunLXZ29eEvrg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that it is investigating the CIF over potential Title IX violations.</p>
<p>&#8220;My office has found reasonable cause to believe that CIF, too, is engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against female athletes,&#8221; Dhillon wrote.</p>
<p>The controversy over boys in girls&#8217; sports in California centers on high school junior AB Hernandez, a boy who advanced to the state championships in the girls’ long jump and triple jump. Hernandez beat out high school senior Katie McGuinness at the Southern Section finals on May 17, posting a jump of 19 feet, 2.75 inches to McGuinness&#8217; 18 feet, 9.5 inches.</p>
<p>The CIF&#8217;s &#8220;pilot entry process&#8221; likely won&#8217;t quiet the outrage over boys competing against girls, as the female athletes who are now invited to the state championships could still be forced to compete against Hernandez.</p>
<p>&#8220;CIF is scrambling, damage control mode activated. Girls who were unfairly eliminated are suddenly back in for State this weekend. This is a step in the right direction, but let’s be real: this never should’ve happened. Boys don’t belong in girls’ sports. CIF blames state law, but Title IX protects fairness,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/SophiaSLorey/status/1927416744081047735" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sophia Lorey, the outreach director for the conservative Christian group, California Family Council.</p>

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<p>American auto giant General Motors is shifting its focus away from electric vehicle motors and back toward torque and horsepower.</p>
<p>GM said on Tuesday that it is scrapping its $300 million EV motor production plan at its Tonawanda engine plant in Buffalo, New York, and will instead invest $888 million in producing the sixth generation of V-8 engines, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/general-motors-to-invest-888-million-in-propulsion-plant-23ea7636?mod=hp_lista_pos5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. V-8 engines are typically used in full-size trucks, SUVs, and high-performance sports cars, such as the Chevrolet Corvette. The Detroit-based auto manufacturer hopes to roll out production of the new engines at the Buffalo plant in 2027.</p>
<p>The automaker is returning to focus on gas-powered engines as demand for EVs falls short of expectations, and state and federal governments ease pressure on requiring EV production. Last week, New York said it would pause penalties for shortfalls in EV production for two years, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gm-invest-least-800-million-engine-production-new-york-facility-sources-say-2025-05-27/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>. The Republican-led U.S. Congress is also poised to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-votes-undo-biden-era-waiver-california-enabling-gas-car-ban?author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Republicans+Set+To+Block+California%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Radical%E2%80%99+Gas+Car+Ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturn</a> the Biden administration&#8217;s move that allowed around a dozen blue states, including New York, to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.</p>
<p>GM said the new generation of V-8 engines will improve performance while reducing emissions. The $888 million investment also includes updating machinery, equipment, tools, and facilities, according to the WSJ. New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul said the investment will support 870 jobs, including protecting nearly 180 jobs believed to be at risk. The state government will also hand out $16.96 million in tax credits to GM in return for the investment in New York.</p>
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<p>GM&#8217;s massive investment in New York also comes as President Donald Trump pushes auto manufacturers to produce more vehicles and parts in the United States. GM CEO Mary Barra touted the commitment in Buffalo as a way for the company to invest in American manufacturing. In April, following Trump&#8217;s tariff on foreign auto imports, GM <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gm-to-increase-truck-production-in-u-s-as-trumps-auto-tariff-goes-into-effect?row=0&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;title=GM+To+Increase+Truck+Production+In+U.S.+As+Trump%E2%80%99s+Auto+Tariff+Goes+Into+Effect&amp;category=News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that it would ramp up production of light-duty trucks at its assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana.</p>
<p>A few weeks later, the auto company said it would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/general-motors-to-cut-back-on-manufacturing-at-canada-plant-over-trump-tariff?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=General+Motors+To+Cut+Back+On+Manufacturing+At+Canada+Plant+Over+Trump+Tariff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cut back</a> on production at its truck plant in Ontario, Canada, likely resulting in around 750 workers getting laid off.</p>

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<p>At least five people are dead and 19 more are injured after an explosion at a chemical plant rocked the eastern Shandong province in China on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The explosion, which broke windows as far as two miles away and sent massive plumes of smoke hundreds of feet into the air, occurred at the Gaomi Youdao Chemical Co. in the city of Weifang, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-chemical-plant-explosion-c6cf0f35f996654221e9fb8de7d9fcee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The chemical plant manufactures pesticides, along with chemicals used in the medical industry.</p>
<p>An additional six people have been reported missing after the explosion. The plant employs over 500 people, according to the AP. It is the world&#8217;s largest producer of chlorpyrifos, an insecticide used to control pests in crops and homes, according to the <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3311981/explosion-hits-chemical-plant-eastern-chinese-province-shandong" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South China Morning Post</a>. In the first eight months of 2024, the Gaomi Youdao Chemical Co. reportedly identified and rectified over 800 safety hazards.</p>
<p>Over 230 fire personnel were dispatched to the scene of the explosion, and no cause has been given yet. A student at a nearby school told China Central Television that after he heard the explosion, he saw dirt-yellow smoke with some redness in it, adding that there was a funny smell. The students were reportedly given masks and told to leave them on their faces. Officials have yet to determine the environmental effects of the explosion.</p>
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<p>China is the world leader in chemical production, an industry where the communist country has witnessed multiple deadly explosions and fires in recent years. The massive blast in Weifang on Tuesday comes six years after an explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng, China, killed 78 people. In 2015, over 170 people died or went missing after a fire broke out at a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals in Tianjin.</p>

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<p>President Donald Trump blasted California and its Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, on Tuesday for allowing men to compete in women&#8217;s sports, threatening to freeze federal funding going to the state.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114579949187402607" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Truth Social, Trump called out California after a male athlete advanced to the state championships in the girls’ long jump and triple jump, which will take place next week. Trans-identifying athlete AB Hernandez, a junior in high school, won two division titles in the triple and long jump at the Southern Section finals on May 17, according to <a href="https://www.si.com/high-school/california/transgender-athlete-wins-cif-track-and-field-titles-in-girls-high-school-events-01jvmqrckp7b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sports Illustrated</a>. Hernandez posted a jump of 19 feet, 2.75 inches, which beat out second-place finisher Katie McGuinness&#8217; jump of 18 feet, 9.5 inches.</p>
<p>Trump called the participation of Hernandez in the girls division &#8220;TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;California, under the leadership of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newscum, continues to ILLEGALLY allow &#8216;MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS,'&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;This week a transitioned Male athlete, at a major event, won &#8216;everything,&#8217; and is now qualified to compete in the &#8216;State Finals&#8217; next weekend. As a Male, he was a less than average competitor. As a Female, this transitioned person is practically unbeatable.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not adhered to,&#8221; added Trump, referring to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/surrounded-by-young-female-athletes-donald-trump-bans-men-from-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a> he signed on February 5 pushing to ban men from competing in women&#8217;s sports.</p>
<p>McGuinness, a senior, told Fox News last week that &#8220;girls, every day, are losing their spot due to biological boys beating out biological girls.&#8221; She added that her second-place finish was &#8220;discouraging&#8221; because she couldn&#8217;t beat someone &#8220;genetically different.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">High School Senior Long Jumper, Katie McGuinness joins <a href="https://twitter.com/SandraSmithFox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SandraSmithFox</a> to discuss her &#39;discouraging&#39; loss to a biological male.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericaReports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmericaReports</a> <a href="https://t.co/lvWzYqnuHI">pic.twitter.com/lvWzYqnuHI</a></p>
<p>&mdash; America Reports (@AmericaRpts) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericaRpts/status/1925270400021246457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Newsom has suggested that he is also opposed to men competing against women, <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1897660139580125553" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling</a> conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in March that &#8220;it’s deeply unfair.&#8221; The Democratic governor, however, has not taken any action to prevent trans-identifying boys and men from playing girls&#8217; sports. Newsom said a few weeks after his discussion with Kirk that the issue of men in women&#8217;s sports &#8220;has been colored in and weaponized by the right to be 10 times, 100 times bigger than it is &#8230;&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;And to the extent that someone could find that right balance, I would embrace those conversations and the dignity that hopefully presents themselves in that conversation, meaning the humanity around that conversation, not the politics around that conversation,&#8221; he added, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trump-threatens-pull-federal-funding-from-california-over-trans-athlete-controversy-state-championship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.</p>
<p>Trump said on Tuesday that he will talk to Newsom &#8220;today to find out which way he wants to go.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;In the meantime I am ordering local authorities, if necessary, to not allow the transitioned person to compete in the State Finals. This is a totally ridiculous situation!!!&#8221; the president added.</p>
<p>Trump has also gone after Maine and its Democratic governor, Janet Mills, for continuing to allow boys to compete against girls. Last month, the Department of Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-unleashes-on-maine-announces-new-lawsuit-against-state-for-violating-title-ix?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo+and+Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Bondi+Unleashes+On+Maine%2C+Announces+New+Lawsuit+Against+State+For+Violating+Title+IX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a civil lawsuit against the state, citing Title IX. Along with pushing to force Maine to comply with Trump&#8217;s order, the lawsuit also seeks to grant females who were passed over by males their appropriate awards.</p>

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<p>Consumer confidence, which helps measure economic growth, spiked by more than 12 points in May, far outpacing experts&#8217; predictions as Americans grow optimistic about President Donald Trump&#8217;s potential trade deals.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://www.conference-board.org/topics/consumer-confidence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> released Tuesday showed the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index standing at 98.0, which was up 12.3 points from April and much higher than the Dow Jones estimate of 86.0. The surge ended five straight months of declines in consumer confidence.</p>
<p>Even before President Trump agreed to a 90-day truce with China on May 12, which significantly reduced tariffs, consumer confidence was already rising, according to Stephanie Guichard, the Conference Board’s senior economist for global indicators.</p>
<p>“The rebound was already visible before the May 12 US-China trade deal but gained momentum afterwards,” Guichard said.</p>
<p>The May spike was celebrated by the White House with Communications Director Steven Cheung, crediting &#8220;THE TRUMP EFFECT!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">THE TRUMP EFFECT!</p>
<p>Consumer confidence rose 12.3 points this month to a reading of 98.</p>
<p>That’s higher than economists’ expectations for a reading of 88. <a href="https://t.co/yTJndbONkB">https://t.co/yTJndbONkB</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevenCheung47/status/1927373749780713844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Along with consumer confidence spiking, the Present Situation Index — which is &#8220;based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions&#8221; — was up 4.8 points. The Expectations Index, which looks at consumers&#8217; short-term economic outlook, also jumped &#8220;17.4 points to 72.8,&#8221; but remains under the threshold of 80, which the U.S. Consumer Conference Board said &#8220;typically signals a recession ahead.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Consumers were less pessimistic about business conditions and job availability over the next six months and regained optimism about future income prospects. Consumers’ assessments of the present situation also improved,&#8221; Guichard added. &#8220;However, while consumers were more positive about current business conditions than last month, their appraisal of current job availability weakened for the fifth consecutive month.”</p>
<p>The positive consumer confidence report for the U.S. economy comes after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-hits-lowest-point-in-over-4-years-as-april-report-better-than-expected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inflation</a> hit its lowest point in over four years in April.</p>
<p>Trump announced his first trade deal with the United Kingdom earlier this month and is continuing trade negotiations with China and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-delays-50-tariffs-eu-leader-blinks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Union</a>. The president said on Sunday that he will delay 50% tariffs on the European Union after a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.</p>
<p>The Trump administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sorry-china-bessent-says-deal-with-massive-trade-partner-very-close" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promises</a> that more trade deals are currently in the works with Japan and South Korea, making significant headway.</p>

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