Publicly, President Donald Trump says everything is going to plan; it’s just the “Panicans” causing a ruckus online.
“Twitter is not real life,” one Trump official told NOTUS, dismissing the administration’s critics, even as the stock market fluctuated wildly Monday at the insinuation that the tariff regime would end.
Privately, though, the White House is well aware of the tumult the trade agenda has caused. One GOP strategist who is in communication with the administration said “they’re putting out fires.” And they’re working their networks who influence the narrative on social media platforms like X.