Gabbard Refers Leakers to DOJ, Trump Faces Trade and Media Challenges

Tul­si Gab­bard, Direc­tor of Nation­al Intel­li­gence, referred intel­li­gence offi­cials to the DOJ under Pam Bon­di for leak­ing clas­si­fied infor­ma­tion, with action pend­ing. Ten­sions rise as Scott Bessent and Elon Musk report­ed­ly clashed, with media accused of fuel­ing dis­cord among Bessent, Musk, and Trump. Chi­na denies U.S. tar­iff talks, resist­ing appear­ing weak, while Trump tack­les mul­ti­ple issues. Toy­ota plans an $88M invest­ment in a West Vir­ginia plant. CEOs warn Trump of poten­tial emp­ty store shelves due to tar­iff poli­cies, though crit­ics sug­gest this is fear­mon­ger­ing. Trump, aware of China’s reliance on U.S. mar­kets, meets with CEOs and Bessent to strate­gize trade rebal­anc­ing, which may take 2–3 years. Retail­ers are urged to pre­pare for sup­ply shifts to avoid hol­i­day short­ages. Chi­na faces eco­nom­ic rebal­anc­ing chal­lenges, heav­i­ly depen­dent on U.S. orders, neces­si­tat­ing nego­ti­a­tions. Mean­while, Trump will attend the Pope’s funer­al, with numer­ous meet­ings sched­uled. Media nar­ra­tives are crit­i­cized for exag­ger­at­ing trade risks.

• Tul­si Gab­bard has referred sev­er­al intel­li­gence offi­cials to Pam Bon­di DOJ for pros­e­cu­tion for leak­ing clas­si­fied infor­ma­tion. We are wait­ing on Pam Bon­di to do a lot of things. 
• Bessent and Musk in a yelling match. The media is try­ing to cause a lot of prob­lems between Bessent, Musk and Trump. 
• Chi­na denies hav­ing talks with the US on tar­iffs. They can’t look like they are cav­ing to Trump. Trump is try­ing to solve a lot of things at one time. 
• Toy­ota is going to invest $88M in a West Vir­ginia plant. 
• CEO’s warn Trump of emp­ty store shelves. They want to scare you that there will be emp­ty shelves. We do pur­chase a lot of prod­ucts from Chi­na. Trump knows that Chi­na needs us. Trump brings the CEO in with a meet­ing with Scott Bessent. Chi­na trade rebal­anc­ing could take 2–3 years. We have to know what is the last day you can order to not hurt the shelves come Christ­mas? The Trump admin­is­tra­tion has to get with the retail­ers to be ready for the shift. They have a meet­ing and the first thing the media does is run the nar­ra­tive that the shelves will be emp­ty. 
• Chi­na is in need of rebal­anc­ing. They have put them­selves in such a man­u­fac­tur­ing mode that if they don’t have your orders they will fail. Chi­na needs help rebal­anc­ing their econ­o­my. Nego­ti­a­tions on both parts have to hap­pen but more so on China’s side. Chi­na has a seri­ous prob­lem. 
• Trump is going to the pope’s funer­al and there are a lot of meet­ings being set up while he is there.