MAGA loyalists says the tariff pause was Trump's plan all along. Trump himself said otherwise.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he'd be pausing his retaliatory tariffs plan for 90 days.

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• Donald Trump put a 90-day pause on his tariffs plan.
• It sure seems like it was prompted by the market meltdown.
• The president's MAGA allies are claiming that was his strategy all along.

President Donald Trump placed a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs plan, and it sure seems like it was prompted by the market meltdown and growing...