{"id":133620,"date":"2025-04-14T03:35:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T03:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-deep-confusion-as-trump-signals-new-tariffs-on-smartphones-and-computers-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T03:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T03:35:24","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-deep-confusion-as-trump-signals-new-tariffs-on-smartphones-and-computers-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-deep-confusion-as-trump-signals-new-tariffs-on-smartphones-and-computers-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Deep confusion as Trump signals new tariffs on smartphones and computers – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

President says he will lay out new levies on Monday and relief on electronics will be short-lived \u2013 key US politics stories from 13 April at a glance
Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s tariff war has dived deeper into chaos after a cabinet official telegraphed new levies on semiconductors \u2013 a crucial component in electronic goods \u2013 just days after the Trump administration exempted computers and smartphones<\/a> from reciprocal tariffs.
Trump\u2019s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said in an interview with NBC that the tariff exemption on several electronic devices was just temporary and that new duties would come in \u201ca month or two\u201d. Semiconductors would be targeted with new tariffs, he said.
Trump was forced to intervene, saying he would lay out the new tariffs on Monday and any relief would be short-lived. \u201cNOBODY is getting \u2018off the hook\u2019,\u201d he wrote on his Truth Social platform, adding: \u201cEspecially not China which, by far, treats us the worst!\u201d
Here are the key stories at a glance:
US stock markets were expected to stage a recovery after the announcement<\/a> of smartphone and computer tariff exemptions, and shares in Apple and chip maker Nvidia were on course to soar. That outlook could change and hinges on what Trump may announce on Monday.
Trump denied they were ever actually exempt from tariffs because a previous tariff still exists on them. \u201cThere was no Tariff \u2018exception\u2019,\u201d Trump said in a social media post on Sunday, adding that the levies were merely \u201cmoving to a different Tariff \u2018bucket.\u2019\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio said he was worried the US<\/a> would experience \u201csomething worse than a recession\u201d as a result of Trump\u2019s trade policies. Speaking to<\/a> NBC\u2019s Meet the Press on Sunday, the 75-year-old hedge fund manager said: \u201cI think that right now we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession. And I\u2019m worried about something worse than a recession if this isn\u2019t handled well.\u201d
He added: \u201cWe have something that\u2019s much more profound. We have a breaking down of the monetary order. We are going to change the monetary order because we cannot spend the amounts of money.\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Peter Navarro, a top trade adviser to Trump, said he and Elon Musk<\/a> were \u201cgreat\u201d after the president\u2019s billionaire business adviser publicly called him \u201ca moron\u201d<\/a> who was \u201cdumber than a sack of bricks\u201d over his stance on tariffs.
\u201cI\u2019ve been called worse,\u201d Navarro said Sunday on NBC\u2019s Meet the Press in some of his most extensive remarks about the insults Musk directed at him days earlier. Praising Musk\u2019s role in the so-called department of government efficiency (Doge), Navarro added: \u201cEverything\u2019s fine with Elon.\u201d Navarro\u2019s evident attempt to be magnanimous came after Musk criticized<\/a> Trump\u2019s proposals for global tariffs, which the president has since set at 10% on all countries, with some nations receiving higher trade levies.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Police say a person is in custody after a suspected arson fire at the mansion of Pennsylvania\u2019s governor, Josh Shapiro<\/a>. No one was injured in the blaze but the fire damaged parts of the home where Shapiro and his family slept.
Pennsylvania state police colonel Christopher Paris identified the man in custody as Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, and said the investigation was continuing. Francis Chardo, the Dauphin county district attorney, said forthcoming charges would include attempted murder, terrorism, attempted arson and aggravated assault.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump \u2013 who at 78 is the oldest person to ever be elected US president \u2013 controls high cholesterol with medication and has elevated blood pressure but is \u201cfully fit\u201d, White House physician Sean Barbella said in a report released on Sunday, two days after Trump underwent a routine physical<\/a>.
Barbella wrote that Trump exhibited \u201cexcellent cognitive and physical health\u201d and that he was up to date on all recommended vaccines. Trump himself has previously spread debunked claims about links between vaccines and autism.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A program that provides free healthcare to first responders and survivors of the World Trade Center terror attacks<\/a> has been in turmoil for months, with services cut, restored and cut again as part of the Trump administration\u2019s \u201crestructuring\u201d of the federal health department<\/a>. Following the most recent cuts, groups representing survivors and even Democratic US senators say they have no clarity on how the program will continue to provide benefits.
\u201cThis is bureaucratic cruelty,\u201d said Michael Barasch, an attorney who represents thousands of first responders and survivors of the attacks. Barasch described people suffering post-traumatic stress disorder from picking up body parts after the attack, unsure of whether their medical services will continue. Other were cancer patients, anxious about what services they could access, he said.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US has deported another 10 people that it alleges are gang members to El Salvador<\/a>, secretary of state Marco Rubio<\/a> said on Sunday, a day before that country\u2019s president, Nayib Bukele, is due to visit the White House. Rubio praised the alliance between Trump and Bukele as \u201can example for security and prosperity in our hemisphere\u201d.
Trump administration officials have repeatedly made public statements alleging that detained immigrants are gang members \u2013 claims they have not backed up in court. The Trump administration has deported hundreds of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
In this essay, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue that the governing ideology of the far right has become \u201ca monstrous, supremacist survivalism\u201d and that the world must build a movement strong enough to stop them.
\u201cIt is terrifying in its wickedness, yes. But it also opens up powerful possibilities for resistance,\u201d they write. \u201cTo bet against the future on this scale \u2013 to bank on your bunker \u2013 is to betray, on the most basic level, our duties to one another, to the children we love, and to every other life form with whom we share a planetary home.\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Russia launched a deadly Palm Sunday attack on churchgoers in Ukraine. It may force Washington to get tough with Putin, Dan Sabbagh writes in an analysis<\/a> from Kyiv.
Pete Marocco, an official who played a major role in dismantling USAid, has left the state department<\/a>.
Saturday Night Live\u2019s cold open mocked Trump\u2019s on-again-off-again tariffs<\/a>, with James Austin Johnson playing the president and comparing himself to Jesus.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 12 April 2025.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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