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BumRushDaShow

(155,467 posts)
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 06:16 PM Sunday

U.S. will send tariffs letters in coming days, deals not needed, Trump says

Source: Axios

7 hours ago


A looming deadline to make trade deals doesn't necessarily matter, President Trump said Sunday, because the U.S. will simply send letters to hundreds of countries assigning tariff rates.

Why it matters: The pause on Trump's sweeping global tariffs expires in about 10 days, with one deal and one temporary truce in hand, and the rest of the world in varying states of limbo.

What they're saying: "We made deals, but I'd rather just send them a letter, a very fair letter, saying 'congratulations, we're going to allow you to trade in the United States of America, you're going to pay a 25% tariff, or 20%, or 40 or 50%.' I would rather do that," Trump said on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."

  • Asked about extending the pause, Trump said "I don't think I'll need to. I could, there's no big deal."
  • "What I wanted to do is, and what I will do just — sometime prior to the 9th — is we'll send a letter to all these countries," he added.


  • How it works: "I'm going to send letters. That's the end of the trade deal," Trump said, giving U.S. ally Japan as an example.

  • "Dear Mr. Japan, here's the story. You're going to pay a 25% tariff on your cars," he said.
  • Trump said letters would go out "pretty soon" and that "we don't have to meet. We understand, we have all the numbers."


  • Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/06/29/trump-tariffs-pause



    But I thought there were already "200 deals"?

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    U.S. will send tariffs letters in coming days, deals not needed, Trump says (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sunday OP
    Uh huh dweller Sunday #1
    Countries will probably throw the letter in the trash................. Lovie777 Sunday #2
    Had to know all along, the DealMeister was really a Man of Letters bucolic_frolic Sunday #3
    Deep recession guaranteed. Doodley Sunday #4
    So, no deals could be made and he is back to threatening other countries. travelingthrulife Sunday #5
    Exactly DENVERPOPS Sunday #16
    He expected them to come begging, with tears in their eyes, pleading: "SIR!"... Marie Marie Sunday #21
    Pretty soon they'll treat the orange-thing's utterances with "What ever". erronis Sunday #6
    Services enid602 Sunday #7
    Trump and his CABAL DENVERPOPS Sunday #17
    The President is i-l-l ZDU Sunday #8
    The rest of the world needs to stand up, Dem2theMax Sunday #9
    In other words, there were no deals made. republianmushroom Sunday #10
    What an idiot krkaufman Sunday #11
    I know what I'd tell Trump to do with his "letters". oasis Sunday #12
    I bet his signatures on those letters will be signed by an autopen machine. Gimpyknee Sunday #13
    I'm surprised he doesn't want them to just learn about it on Truth Social Bayard Sunday #14
    Has anyone told Bessent that the Labor Day thing he babbled about YESTERDAY has already been TACO'ed? Hugin Sunday #15
    Let me guess... ForgoTheConsequence Sunday #18
    Japan isn't paying the 25% tariff rate. US consumers are wolfie001 Sunday #19
    Again with pretending tariffs are a tax on anyone other than ourselves. n/t Ms. Toad Sunday #20
    "Deals not needed"...yeah, just in case there's still anyone fucking stupid enough not to realize this shit is fascism. Karasu Sunday #22
    When He Sends the Letters MissouriDem47 18 hrs ago #23
    "Dear Mr. Japan, here's the story. You're going to pay a 25% tariff on your cars," he said. truthisfreedom 17 hrs ago #24
    Dear Little Dick Donnie angryxyouth 16 hrs ago #25
    This is his new obsession or solution to the quagmires he finds himself in. llmart 15 hrs ago #26
    Deals not needed... lonely bird 15 hrs ago #27
    Now Emperor of the World. Next Wizard of the Universe. sinkingfeeling 15 hrs ago #28
    TACO. nt BWdem4life 6 hrs ago #29

    dweller

    (26,764 posts)
    1. Uh huh
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 06:20 PM
    Sunday

    🌮

    “ Asked about extending the pause, Trump said "I don't think I'll need to. I could, there's no big deal “




    ✌🏻

    Lovie777

    (19,098 posts)
    2. Countries will probably throw the letter in the trash.................
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 06:21 PM
    Sunday

    while laughing.

    Being the laughing stock of the world, total embarrassment, the incompetence un-qualification of the whole republican party, but one thing for sure, the present republican party are plain evil and quite dangerous.

    bucolic_frolic

    (51,113 posts)
    3. Had to know all along, the DealMeister was really a Man of Letters
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 06:22 PM
    Sunday

    even if his head is made of cement.

    DENVERPOPS

    (12,776 posts)
    16. Exactly
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:43 PM
    Sunday

    none of the countries would "deal" with him, so he is just imposing his will on all of them. Typical Trump.........

    A great number of the countries are already doing "work arounds", Canada is leading the charge.
    They are just helping each other, and ignoring that the U.S. even exists........

    Putin, these days, is walking around full time with a "woodie".......with a smile on his face that couldn't be pried off with a crowbar.......

    Marie Marie

    (10,267 posts)
    21. He expected them to come begging, with tears in their eyes, pleading: "SIR!"...
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 11:31 PM
    Sunday

    He thinks the world leaders are as weak as the Republican Congress. They are not and have gotten used to his bullying and have all decided not to play along. Except for that one who called him "Daddy" Still not sure WTF that was about.

    erronis

    (20,396 posts)
    6. Pretty soon they'll treat the orange-thing's utterances with "What ever".
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 06:48 PM
    Sunday

    "Talk to the hand"

    "Is that your mouth or your anus talking?" (Or spewings from Stevie Miller and putine?)

    "Talk to us tomorrow when you've taken your pills."

    enid602

    (9,473 posts)
    7. Services
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 06:57 PM
    Sunday

    I wonder how Trump will respond when those 200 countries will respond to ‘Dear Mr. USA’ by saying that their countries will assess a tax (equal to tariffs charged) on all Services coming from the US.

    DENVERPOPS

    (12,776 posts)
    17. Trump and his CABAL
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:46 PM
    Sunday

    of the top 1% won't be harmed or inconvenienced at all........just everyone in the other 99% will be shoved down into a lower-lower class.......

    Trump is trying for another first place........worse depression that the Great Depression......

    Bend over America...........

    krkaufman

    (13,929 posts)
    11. What an idiot
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 09:22 PM
    Sunday

    I love how he pretends like sending out these letters is any different than his original unilateral proclamations Re: tariffs.

    Bayard

    (25,746 posts)
    14. I'm surprised he doesn't want them to just learn about it on Truth Social
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:11 PM
    Sunday

    That seems to be the official means of communication from this admin.

    So, he only got one deal made after all of his machinations. What an embarrassment.

    Hugin

    (36,379 posts)
    15. Has anyone told Bessent that the Labor Day thing he babbled about YESTERDAY has already been TACO'ed?
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:12 PM
    Sunday

    Is TACO a verb?

    wolfie001

    (5,464 posts)
    19. Japan isn't paying the 25% tariff rate. US consumers are
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 11:12 PM
    Sunday

    He's such a fat imbecile and his voter cult are all jackasses.

    Karasu

    (1,497 posts)
    22. "Deals not needed"...yeah, just in case there's still anyone fucking stupid enough not to realize this shit is fascism.
    Sun Jun 29, 2025, 11:42 PM
    Sunday

    MissouriDem47

    (193 posts)
    23. When He Sends the Letters
    Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:59 AM
    18 hrs ago

    I hope that when he sends the letters that they make sure that he doesn't use the auto pen.

    truthisfreedom

    (23,422 posts)
    24. "Dear Mr. Japan, here's the story. You're going to pay a 25% tariff on your cars," he said.
    Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:38 AM
    17 hrs ago

    Translation: Dear American consumer, since I’m not president of Japan I can’t tariff-tax their people, so I’m tariff-taxing you instead.

    angryxyouth

    (259 posts)
    25. Dear Little Dick Donnie
    Mon Jun 30, 2025, 07:31 AM
    16 hrs ago

    I received your letter and it was very amusing. I see you just added another 6 trillion to your national debt and since your credit rating has dropped and your obviously don’t know how to run a country, I have informed my treasury department to sell all of our US bonds. It made us genuinely sad to watch you destroy the US Democracy.

    Fuck You,
    Mr. Japan

    llmart

    (16,491 posts)
    26. This is his new obsession or solution to the quagmires he finds himself in.
    Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:07 AM
    15 hrs ago

    "I'll just send a letter."

    What a freakin' imbecile.

    lonely bird

    (2,378 posts)
    27. Deals not needed...
    Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:12 AM
    15 hrs ago

    Because the idiot doesn’t know how to negotiate trade agreements.

    I am waiting for a reporter, any reporter, to ask him why the trade agreement with Canada was so bad since HE negotiated it.

    sinkingfeeling

    (55,728 posts)
    28. Now Emperor of the World. Next Wizard of the Universe.
    Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:24 AM
    15 hrs ago

    What happens when other countries assign a tariff to US goods? Guess that'll end global trade.

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