Jonathan Lemire: “All of last week, the White House had told staffers to hammer home its messaging about deportations, immigration, even Greenland — really, any issue that could distract from an economy left quaking by Trump’s trade war–inducing tariffs.”
Playbook: “So did anyone tell the president? You can imagine those very same staffers banging their heads against the wall yesterday morning as Trump launched his latest social media barrage against Powell — triggering wall-to-wall headlines as well as another Wall Street sell-off.
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