Trump Hits Pause on Tariffs, Leaves His Cheerleaders Hanging

After selling the pain as patriotic, MAGA pundits are left justifying a policy their guy couldn’t finish — with takes so bad, they deserve a second life.

In the wake of reciprocal tariffs landing with all the finesse of a cannonball dive into a hot tub, President Trump has decided to pause them temporarily for most countries (while raising China’s tariffs to 125%).

The problem? This past week Trump’s army of talking heads and Twitter commandos has pushed his “no pain, no gain” theory like it was the Sermo…