Tag: Neel Kashkari

Welcome to a weekend of tariff talk. Before you get ready to go out—or stay in—let's review the top political stories from today. Trump Wasn't Kidding Trump announced on Friday, June 15, that he was slapping $50 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports. In case you're worried about a trade war, Brian Sozzi, executive editor of TheStreet, talked to top executives about what a trade war could mean. This could be the start of a trade war with China. Politico reported that Paul Ryan and other GOP members had described Trump as "excited" for the bill, but we guess that's not the case. I can't take away his cellphone," said Judge Amy Berman Jackson, a federal judge, about Paul Manafort on Friday. The judge said that she had no choice but to jail Manafort after evidence of witness tampering was revealed by Robert Mueller's team. President Trump apparently felt bad for Manafort and said at an impromptu news conference on Friday, Mueller's team "went back 12 years to get things that he did 12 years ago." The special counsel has charged Manafort with a 12-count indictment.