"Who is in charge?" Trump's trade rep. grilled by democratic senator

White House Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was grilled by Democratic Senator Steven Horsford during a Senate hearing,

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00:00WTF? Who's in charge?

00:03The President of the United States is in charge.

00:05How are you in charge of negotiation if the President is tweeting about this from wherever the hell he is?

00:13It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you and paused the tariffs.

00:19That was the Democratic Senator Stephen Horsford questioning the Trump administration's trade representative Jameson Greer on 9th April 2025.

00:28While this was happening, Trump put a 90-day pause on new tariffs for most nations except China.

00:33Let's just say that his trade representative was left in the middle of an awkward situation.

00:58What are the details of the pause?

01:03Well, my understanding is that because so many countries have decided not to retaliate, we're going to have about 90 days.

01:10Excuse me? China increased their tariffs on the United States. Trump blinked.

01:20What's the blink, sir?

01:22What are the details? How long is the pause? How many days? How many weeks?

01:26I understand it's 90 days. I haven't spoken to the President since I've been in this hearing.

01:30So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the President of the United States about a global reordering of trade.

01:38Yes, I have. I've just been in the hearing with you, sir.

01:41You said he announced it on a tweet? WTF? Who's in charge?

01:46The President of the United States is in charge.

01:48And what do you know about those details?

01:51Well, as I mentioned...

01:53It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you and paused the tariffs, the taxes on the American people.

02:01There's no strategy. You just found out. Three seconds ago, sitting here, we saw you.