Trump Just Dropped Another Tariff Bombshell - What's Going to Happen Next?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump touted a recent "fantastic trade deal" with the United Kingdom -- the first formal agreement ever since the president announced sweeping global tariffs early in April.
48% : Without those negotiated deals, Trump could impose reciprocal tariffs - some of which are as high as 50%.
47% : "I guess you could say they could appeal it, but for the most part I think we're going to be very fair, but it's not possible to meet the number of people that want to see us," Trump said.
43% : So Trump said he'd give other countries a few more weeks, and then Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would simply tell America's trading partners what their new tariffs are.
43% : Trump officials have said around 100 countries have offered to negotiate deals, setting a tremendously difficult task before US trade negotiators to race against the clock to make new commitments.
40% : While wrapping up his trip to the Middle East, Trump indicated that tariffs could rise against over the next few weeks as the White House works to hammer out better deals with several nations that are trying to avoid heightened duties on their products, according to CNN.
38% : " Trump on April 9 paused his massive so-called reciprocal tariffs, which he announced on what he called "Liberation Day" on April 2.
37% : At the conclusion of his Middle East trip Friday, Trump acknowledged that trade negotiations are progressing too slowly to accommodate every country that wants to strike a new trade deal with the United States.
27% : "We have, at the same time, 150 countries that want to make a deal, but you're not able to see that many countries," Trump said during a business roundtable in Abu Dhabi Friday.
26% : Trump noted that the Chinese government "wanted to make that deal very badly" after a temporary de-escalation in the trade war.

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