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An expert in economics wasn't impressed Wednesday with President Donald Trump's economic approach.

Speaking to MSNBC on Wednesday, University of Michigan economics and public policy professor Justin Wolfers responded to the radical 180-degree turn Trump made on his trade war.

While President Donald Trump at least temporarily sent markets surging after announcing that he was backing off some of his tariffs against foreign nations, two economists warned that the American economy is still in significant danger of falling into a recession.

Economist Larry Summers wrote on X that while he was glad to see Trump back off his most extreme actions, his erratic behavior has still shaken confidence in the United States government.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), after months of irritation that other countries won't follow President Donald Trump's order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," has introduced congressional legislation that would formalize the change and require other countries use the name as well.

But at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing marking up her bill, Democrats ridiculed the situation by forcing votes on amendment after amendment on a raft of possible odd names for the gulf, Politico reported on Wednesday.

State lawmakers have placed thousands of appropriations in the respective House and Senate proposed budgets this year in Tallahassee — so how to get some attention for one particular project?

Bring penguins.

Minnesota Rep. Drew Roach, R-Farmington, and Sen. Bill Lieske, R-Lonsdale, called the Jan. 6 insurrection a “hoax” and repeated a false conspiracy theory that the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol were “actors,” during a video podcast posted Monday on YouTube and the popular right wing platform Rumble.

Lieske and Roach host a show called “Minnesota Liberty Network.” On Monday, the two discussed the state Senate floor vote on a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s blanket pardon of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6. insurrection. Lieske was absent for the vote, and all 22 of the Republicans present voted against the resolution.

Kash Patel was not only appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation but also the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). However, he hasn't been seen at his second gig.

NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian posted on X that Patel has lost the job after he ghosted the bureau.

After President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform he would be reducing the "reciprocal tariffs" on all countries except China to 10 percent for 90 days, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick took to X to proclaim this walkback was in fact a massive victory for the administration.

"[Treasury Secretary] Scott Bessent and I sat with the President while he wrote one of the most extraordinary Truth posts of his Presidency," wrote Lutnick. "The world is ready to work with President Trump to fix global trade, and China has chosen the opposite direction."

President Donald Trump was overheard bragging about a surge in the markets after he ordered a 90-day pause in tariffs that caused a stock selloff over the past week.

During a photo op with racing champions on Wednesday, microphones caught someone praising the president.

One week after “Liberation Day” and just hours after his latest wave of global tariffs took effect, President Donald Trump announced what appears to be a temporary “pause” on some of his market-roiling measures — prompting a dramatic surge in the stock market and leaving investors and political observers alike gleeful yet puzzled.

Trump appears to have increased the tariffs on China, his number one target, while pausing tariffs on some countries, possibly those who have not “retaliated,” although many appeared confused by his statement.

Fox Business correspondent Charlie Gasparino explained that President Donald Trump paused most of his tariffs on other countries because bond markets were "imploding."

"I mean, I want to tell you right now that Donald Trump outsmarted the world, trust me," Gasparino told Fox News host Sandra Smith. "I'm an American. I support my president,.

When President Donald Trump announced last month that he was pulling his MAGA loyalist Rep. Elise Stefanik's (R-NY) nomination to be United States ambassador to the United Nations, it marked a low point in her career.

However, a new report claims that Stefanik did not perceive this last-minute "presidential betrayal" as a humiliation, likely because Trump promised to make it up to her.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed off his plan to slap most of the world with hefty tariffs as the American economy showed signs of significant stress.

Although Trump's move sent markets surging, critics nonetheless ripped the president for causing massive economic uncertainty, especially given that Trump only paused most of his tariffs for 90 days while at the same time ramping up those on China to 125 percent and leaving in place 10 percent across-the-board charges.