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'Benzinga' News Service That Falsely Reported a Possible 90-Day Break in Tariffs Blames X

The comments falsely attributed to a Trump advisor were repeated by multiple outlets and caused the stock market to briefly jump up.
'Benzinga' News Service That Falsely Reported a Possible 90-Day Break in Tariffs Blames X
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On Monday stocks plummeted again following President Trump’s tariff announcements last week. For a brief moment, they dramatically shot back up following reports that Trump was considering a 90-day pause in tariffs. But, that turned out to be false, and people have been trying to find out where the idea that there would be a 90-day pause actually came from.

A company called Benzinga carried the headline “Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett Says Trump Is Considering A 90-Day Pause in Tariffs For All Countries Except China,” according to what appears to be a screenshot of the headline posted to Bluesky

Benzinga itself is now blaming posts on X for the market-moving mistake.

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