Yellowstone suffered a one-two punch between
The heads of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis met with Trump to outline how his tariffs would disrupt automaking. Trump gave them some reprieves on domestic vehicles with foreign parts not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, but he still has a 25% tax on imported steel and aluminum.The president portrayed his tariff changes last April as a temporary bridge so that automakers would increase production domestically.
“We just wanted to help them during this little transition, short term,” Trump said at the time. “We didn’t want to penalize them. ”Trump repeatedly praised Apple after its $500 billion commitment for investments in the United States. But the company also plans to shift more iPhone production to India in response to the China tariffs — and that hasSpeaking in Qatar, Trump recalled a conversation with Apple CEO Tim Cook: “I said to him: ‘My friend, I treated you very good. You’re coming here with $500 billion, but now I hear you’re building all over India. I don’t want you building in India.’”
By contrast, JP Morgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon ended up influencing Trump’s tariff policies by going on TV.The banker on April 9 was interviewed on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” as financial markets were panicking because of Trump’s tariffs. Dimon said markets would improve if Trump could negotiate trade agreements.
“Take a deep breath,” Dimon said. “Negotiate some trade deals. That’s the best thing they can do.”
His statements resonated with Trump, who pulled back his tariffs later that day to a baseline 10% so that negotiations could occur for 90 days.Minnesota Farm Bureau president Dan Glessing loads soybeans into his planter on Thursday, May 8, 2025 near Waverly, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
Back on his “home farm” closer to Waverly — where his late grandfather’s house, made of local brick, still stands and a cacophony of house sparrow songs filled the air — Glessing was pleased to spot the first signs of corn he had planted there about 10 days earlier poking above the soil.Waverly is about an hour west of Minneapolis. Its most famous resident was Democratic former Vice President Hubert Humphrey. It’s in the congressional district represented by Republican
Glessing’s post as president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau puts him in close touch with other influential politicians, too. He and his wife, Seena, wereguests at the Capitol for