President Trump said he plans to write to many nations setting a blanket unilateral tariff rate, which he said could be 10% or 15%. "We’ll have well over 150 countries that we’re just going to send a notice of payment out" detailing tariffs,

During a faith luncheon at the White House several days ago, Donald Trump slipped up and carelessly admitted he doesn't want any trade deals or negotiations and instead wants to unconditionally force tariffs on other countries.