#TariffsPause Trump insists that the turmoil in the bond market did not influence the tariff pause: "I was not worried"

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President Donald Trump denied that an aggressive sell-off in the bond market influenced his decision earlier this month to suspend aggressive "reciprocal" tariffs against U.S. trading partners.

"No, it wasn't because of that," Trump told Time magazine. "I will do it until we have the numbers I want."