… A weird scene unfolded with Karoline Leavitt and Scott Bessent on the WH this morning when Leavitt was requested a few report in Punchbowl that Amazon was going to begin exhibiting the tariff quantity on every merchandise on the market on its web site. Leavitt had a printout of the story in her hand when she entered the briefing, and angrily denounced Amazon: “It is a hostile and political act by Amazon.”

… A short while later, Amazon issued an announcement that the story was faux information: “The staff that runs our extremely low price Amazon Haul retailer has thought-about itemizing import fees on sure merchandise. This was by no means a consideration for the primary Amazon website and nothing has been carried out on any Amazon properties.”

… Amazon is a serious sponsor of Punchbowl.

… So what occurred right here is both Jeff Bezos acquired an offended name from Trump with a number of threats and backed down, or Punchbowl sponsored by Amazon acquired a serious story flawed about Amazon.

… Later within the day, we acquired the reply. Trump acquired Bezos to again down: “Confirming studies – supply acquainted tells FOX that President Trump referred to as Jeff Bezos this morning to complain about plans to show tariff affect on Amazon product costs.”

… Trump was requested about his cellphone name to Bezos: “He was terrific. He solved the issue in a short time."

… Fox host Dana Perino was in a little bit of a panic after the press convention, earlier than Amazon reversed course: "I assumed one of many strongest takeaways was Amazon making a enterprise determination that it was going to be clear and present the price of the tariff as a rise to any of the costs which might be going up on its website. This 100 days is most essential on the economic system."

… Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was requested on CNBC why Leavitt would say that an organization elevating costs due to Trump’s tariffs was a hostile act: “I believe it’s a hostile act should you exit of your approach to attempt to make it seem to be your value has modified when it's nonsense. A ten% tariff shouldn’t be going to alter nearly any value.”

… Lutnick additionally mentioned that the tariffs are going to create new crops within the US the place generations of households will work for all times: "It's time to coach individuals to not do the roles of the previous, however to do the nice jobs of the longer term. That is the brand new mannequin the place you’re employed in these sorts of crops for the remainder of your life and your children work right here and your grandkids work right here. We let the auto crops go abroad."

… CBS reported that UPS introduced that it plans to scale back its workforce by 20,000 workers and shut 73 amenities. The discount of 20,000 workers represents 4% of the corporate's workforce. Amazon is UPS' largest companion.

… Liberal Social gathering candidate Mark Carney gained the PM election in Canada even though they trailed by 25 factors within the polls when Trump took workplace. However Trump’s insurance policies and rhetoric dramatically turned the tide for Carney towards Trump-aligned conservative chief Pierre Poilievre. It was so unhealthy that Poilievre even misplaced his seat in Parliament.

… A senior citizen Canadian voter was requested by CNN exterior the polls who she voted for: “I believe who I voted for can be the very best to deal with Trump, as a result of Trump is, I’m sorry to say, an asshole.”

… Canadian MP Charlie Angus to MeidasTouch: “Effectively, Donald Trump, I’m going to say this as soon as—and I would by no means say it once more—I need to thanks. I need to thanks for bringing Canada collectively. It took a malignant narcissistic slug such as you to make us put apart all our variations—all our regional fights, all our issues with each other—and notice we really needed to rise up for one thing higher: standing up for the rule of regulation, for democracy, for decency.”

… Angus: “We all know we’re in your border, and it freaks you out—since you and your incel gang are fearful of range, fairness, and inclusion. Your DEI nightmare? Effectively, we’re your DEI nightmare, Donald. Canada will at all times be a rustic of range. We are going to at all times be a rustic of fairness. We are going to at all times be a rustic of inclusion. And we’ll defend the rule of regulation.”

… Carney’s victory speech: “Our previous relationship with the US, our relationship primarily based on steadily rising integration is over. These are tragedies nevertheless it's additionally our new actuality. We’re over the shock of the American betrayal, however we must always always remember the teachings. We now have to look out for ourselves and above all, we now have to deal with one another.”

… “Once I sit down with President Trump, will probably be to debate the longer term financial and safety relationship between two sovereign nations and will probably be with our full data that we now have many, many different choices than the US. We are going to strengthen our relationship with dependable companions in Europe and Asia and elsewhere on the planet and if the US doesn't need to play a pivotal on the planet economic system, we’ll lead, not the People.”

… Ivo Daalder, President of Council on International Affairs, to Politico: “As a result of the guard rails have been gone, as a result of there was nobody to information him or steer him in the best way that was within the first time period, he got here out of the blocks performing upon the attitude that he’s had in regards to the world for the final 40 years. He went out and carried out it. Within the course of, he’s destroyed an important commodity the US has had for the final 80 years, which is belief. Allies thought our values and pursuits largely coincided and all of that’s gone.”

… Pete Hegseth posted on X: “This morning, I proudly ENDED the ‘Ladies, Peace & Safety’ (WPS) program inside DOD. WPS is one more woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core activity: WAR-FIGHTING. WPS is a UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists. Politicians fawn over it; troops HATE it. GOOD RIDDANCE WPS!”

… The Ladies, Peace and Safety Act was signed into regulation by President Trump in 2017. It’s sponsor within the Senate was Marco Rubio. Its sponsor within the Home was Kristi Noem.

… Former Marine F-18 pilot Amy McGrath to Hegseth: “You’re mendacity once more. WPS was enacted by Trump throughout his first admin. It’s not divisive. It’s a small program for DOD however one primarily based on actual knowledge, so it doesn’t suit your caveman model understanding of safety. Troops don’t hate it. Most don’t even realize it exists.”

… Trump had an enormous rally deliberate for fairly some time in Michigan at the moment to rejoice the Best First 100 Days Ever!, however public opinion has him because the lowest rated president after 100 days in almost 80 years. So, in his remaining posts of the day final evening at 11:43 PM, he posted this: “The Polls from the Faux Information are, just like the Information itself, FAKE! We’re doing GREAT, higher than ever earlier than.”

… Actually each single ballot from each respected polling outfit has just about the identical outcomes – 39-41% approval. Together with Fox.

… Harry Enten on CNN: “For presidents 100 days right into a presidency, Trump has the worst ever: a). Financial approval score. b). International affairs approval score. c). Arguably the worst general approval score. If Trump's approval score holds for 2026, the GOP can kiss the Home and presumably Senate goodbye.”

… Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA): "When it comes to the president's first 100 days, it's laborious to search out the honey within the rock and the water within the stone in 100 days. However having mentioned that, I believe President Trump has carried out some issues proper."

… Fairly a ringing endorsement.

… GOP advisor Karl Rove on Trump’s first 100 days: “Effectively, he’s off to an excellent begin solely on one problem, and that’s border safety, the place his approval score is 11 factors forward of his general approval score. He will get moderately good marks on immigration and dealing with of deportations, however even these he’s the wrong way up on. However when it will get to the economic system, he’s in very unhealthy form.”

… Rove: “There’s some very deep-seated skepticism amongst strange People in regards to the impact of the economic system, the president’s financial insurance policies, each within the brief run and the long term. They only hoped that he would do higher on inflation and jobs and financial development. After which when he got here in, simply the kind of chaos and the lack of the admin to clarify what they’re doing, I believe has damage them very a lot.”

… CNN: “Shopper confidence sank 7.9 factors in April to a studying of 86, the Convention Board mentioned in its newest survey launched Tuesday. That’s the bottom stage since Might 2020 and a bigger decline than economists had projected. The survey’s Expectations Index, which captures individuals’s outlook on the economic system, plummeted 12.5 factors this month to 54.4, the bottom stage in 13 years.”

… Goldman Sachs is now projecting that the US could have the bottom financial development and the best inflation charge of any developed economic system in 2025.

… In the meantime, Transport Sec Sean Duffy and host Ainsley Earhardt have been glazing Trump laborious this morning on Fox, figuring out he was probably watching: "The enjoyment of that is to work with President Trump. To see how laborious he works, the imaginative and prescient he has, how fearless he’s. It offers us a number of grace."

… Earhardt: "He’s so good at speaking. It's such a present. He is aware of about each sport. He is aware of about commerce. He is aware of in regards to the border. He's so outfitted for this job, and I believe he's having extra enjoyable this go spherical – he’s gifted."

… Talking of glazing, Glazemaster Supreme Lindsey Graham weighed in on Trump speaking about eager to be Pope/President: I used to be excited to listen to that President Trump is open to the concept of being the subsequent Pope. This would really be a darkish horse candidate, however I might ask the papal conclave and Catholic devoted to maintain an open thoughts about this chance! The primary Pope-US President mixture has many upsides.

… Trump’s propaganda community had Coverage Director Stephen Miller on to debate a few of the biggest accomplishments of the primary 100 days of the Trump admin;