#TariffsPause Sources revealed to CNN the reason Trump temporarily suspended tariffs

(CNN) -- The surprising decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw the overall tariff plan, announcing a suspension for 3 months, shows his ability to endure political pain: one week.

Trump said on Wednesday about the increasing criticisms directed at the White House over the past week: "They have been shouting, they have been shouting a little, and feeling a little scared".

Even for a president known for political upheaval, his announcement on Wednesday about the suspension of tariffs that everyone had been waiting for for 3 months is a stunning retreat from a plan that just a day earlier seemed to have his full support, and this comes at a time when his trade representative is testifying before Congress about the benefits of tariffs, something he seemingly was unaware of regarding the decision to suspend them.