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Trump’s tariff pullback shows honeymoon may be over

The US president’s backtrack on imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico shows that political gravity may apply to him after all.

President Donald Trump has governed for the past month and a half like a man on an almighty mission. He has launched headlong into controversial, unpopular and legally dubious actions that have rubbed even some Republicans the wrong way.

But for the past few weeks, gravity has been setting in. And on Thursday (Friday AEDT), more than any other day, Trump appeared to bend beneath its force.

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