Fearing disaster... Sources reveal to CNN the reason Trump temporarily suspended his tariffs.
(CNN) -- President Donald Trump's surprising decision to backtrack on his comprehensive tariff plan by announcing a three-month suspension revealed his ability to withstand political pain: one week.
Trump said on Wednesday about the growing criticism that had poured over the White House over the past week: "They were shouting, they were shouting a little, and they felt a little scared."
And even for a president known for his political volatility, his announcement on Wednesday to suspend the long-awaited reciprocal tariffs for three months is a stunning reversal from a plan he appeared to fully endorse just a day earlier, coming at a time when his trade representative was testifying on Capitol Hill about the benefits of tariffs, seemingly unaware of the suspension decision.
It seems that the days of pressure from his fellow Republicans, businessmen, and even his close friends did not move Trump, who insisted last week that "my policies will never change."
But by Wednesday, it became clear that the campaign to persuade Trump to change his course would not quiet down, as evidenced by a sharp sell-off in the U.S. government bond markets, which are typically a safe haven for investors, that the economic repercussions of Trump's strategy could be catastrophic and worse than expected $.