When asked about what Wednesday’s sweeping tariffs set to go into effect on Wednesday would look like, Trump said that Americans would “see in two days.”

Though Trump was light on specifics, he seemed to indicate that the tariffs might be lower than those imposed by other countries on the U.S.

“So, whatever they charge us, we charge them. But we’re being nicer than they were,” he said. “We have a lot of countries, friend and foe. I always say friend and foe, but the friend in many cases is worse than the foe. They took advantage of us. And, we are going to be very nice by comparison to what they were. The numbers will be lower than what they’ve been charging us, and in some cases, maybe substantially lower.”

When asked whether any countries might be exempt from the reciprocal tariffs, Trump said “it depends,” and seemed to indicate he wouldn’t target countries that had smaller trade deficits with the U.S.

Asked by ABC News’ Karen Travers if he’s heard any concerns from automakers about the pending tariffs, especially after a meeting today with the chairman of Stellantis, Trump said no.

“Well, I gave them a big break for a month. I didn’t charge them anything, you know, for a big month, for that first month, and they brought a lot of material into this country, because they could bring it in with that tariff,” Trump said.

Travers also pressed Trump on news that China, South Korea and Japan are working together to respond to U.S. tariffs, asking if he was concerned that the tariffs would push allies closer to China. Trump said he was not aware of that news, but did brush off the concerns.

Despite the constitutional two-term limit, Trump mused about running against former President Barack Obama in the 2028 presidential election.

“Boy, I’d love that — that would be a good one,” Trump said Monday

Trump has often mused, and even joked, about seeking a third term. On Sunday, he told NBC News’ Kristen Welker, “I’m not joking,” about a third term.

“No, people are asking me to run, and there’s a whole story about running for a third term. I don’t know, I never looked into it. They do say there is a way you can do it, but I don’t know about that. But I have not looked
into it.”

Kid Rock joins Trump in Oval Office for ticket-scalping executive order

Kid Rock was in the White House with Trump as he signed an executive order that charges the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department with cracking down on the ticket reselling industry.

“It’s gotten worse and worse with time, and I didn’t know too much about it, but I checked it out and it was a big problem,” Trump said, with Kid Rock standing alongside his desk. “And I thought, I think you’ve been trying to get this done for 20 years or something. He said, ‘Trump got it done in two weeks.’”

Trump meets with Stellantis chair ahead of auto tariffs going into effect

Trump met Monday at the White House with the chairman of one of the Big 3 automakers just days before he is expected to impose 25% tariffs on all imported cars and auto parts.

John Elkann, the chairman of Stellantis, met with Trump, according to sources familiar with the meeting. One source, without offering additional details or specifics, told ABC News that automakers appear to be “coming to the table.”

Stellantis declined to comment on whether Elkann had a meeting with Trump.

On an investor and analyst call last week, Elkann expressed concern over how the auto tariffs would impact the price of cars.

“(It) made a very clear statement about the dialogue ongoing with the Trump administration, and the importance of the competitiveness of the integrated North American automotive sector,” Elkann said. “But more importantly, the concern on the affordability of our products, our products made in America, and the implications on demand, on what will this uncertainty mean for demand in the United States of America.”

Trump told NBC on Sunday that he “couldn’t care less” if prices on foreign cars go up, because he says that Americans will reap the benefits of more production and more jobs in the United States.

Transgender Day of Visibility rally being held in Washington

A rally is being held in front of the U.S. Capitol on Monday to commemorate Transgender Day of Visibility.

It is being led by the Christopher Street Project, in coordination with more than 20 members of Congress and a dozen advocacy organizations.

Rep. Summer Lee, a Pennsylvania Democrat, slammed the Trump administration’s policies she said sows “fear” within the community. “We will not let them demonize this community,” House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark said from the podium.

The Trump administration’s taken action to try to restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19, ban transgender people from military service and require the government to only recognize a person’s sex assigned at birth on government-issued documents. Many of the moves have been challenged in court.

White House downplays Trump not ruling out possibly seeking a 3rd term

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also downplayed President Donald Trump not ruling out the possibility of running for a third term after he told NBC News on Sunday that he was “not joking” about it.

Asked about what methods the president was looking at to possibly run for a third time, Leavitt dismissed the question.

“The president talked about this last night on the plane. He said it’s not really something we’re thinking about. He has four years. There’s a lot of work to do,” she said.

Trump told NBC News on Sunday morning “there are methods which you could do it” regarding possibly seeking a third term. Later Sunday night, Trump avoided several questions about his comments as he spoke with reporters on Air Force One.

“I don’t even want to talk about it, I’m just telling you I have had more people say, please run again,” Trump said. “I said we have a long way to go before we even think about that.”

Legal scholars told ABC News the Constitution bars a third term. Read more here.

White House offers little clarity on upcoming tariffs

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered little clarity on the pending tariffs set to go into place on Wednesday — which it’s dubbed as “Liberation Day.”

Despite being pressed on the topic multiple times by reporters on Monday, Leavitt wouldn’t get into any details on the announcement, from which countries would be targeted or what rate they’d face. She instead deferred to President Donald Trump, saying, “It’s his announcement to make.”

Asked by ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce if there’s any way for countries to stave off the pending tariffs and if the president has decided the scale and scope of them, Leavitt said that now is “the time for reciprocity.”

“Well, I think, first of all, unfortunately, these countries have been ripping off our country for far too long, and they’ve made, I think, their disdain for the American worker quite clear,” she said before listing levies from other nations.

Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, trade negotiations: Poll

A new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll (AP-NORC) published on Monday found that a majority of Americans (58%) disapprove of how President Donald Trump has been handling the economy, while they are about evenly split on Trump’s handling of immigration — two top issues in the 2024 campaign.

Amidst the back-and-forths about tariffs, 60% of Americans said they disapprove of how Trump is “handling trade negotiations with other countries,” and it is Trump’s weakest issue in the poll among Republicans.

Overall, Trump’s job approval rating is underwater: 56% of Americans disapprove while 42% approve.

Elon Musk visiting the CIA to discuss government efficiency

Elon Musk is heading to the CIA on Monday to discuss efficiencies there amid the Department of Government Efficiency’s radical overhaul of the federal government. A CIA spokesman said Musk was invited by CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

“Director Ratcliffe has invited Elon Musk to meet with him at the Agency to discuss government efficiency,” the spokesperson said.

Musk’s visit to the CIA follows his recent trips to the Pentagon and the National Security Agency.

Trump to sign more executive orders

On Monday, President Donald Trump will sign executive orders, though it’s not clear what the actions will cover.

He is scheduled to sign some at 1 p.m. ET. The event is currently closed to reporters. The others will be signed at 5:30 p.m. ET and will be open to the press.

At his evening event, Trump could face questions on the expected introduction of sweeping tariffs on Wednesday and on his comments over the weekend on the possibility of seeking a third term.

Musk hands out $1M checks, claims ‘future of civilization’ is at stake

Just hours after the state Supreme Court rejected the Wisconsin attorney general’s effort to block Elon Musk from handing out $1 million checks on Sunday night, the billionaire took the stage at a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and gave away two $1 million checks to attendees in his latest effort to support conservative candidate Brad Schimel.

One of the recipients of a large, showy check, Nicholas Jacobs, is the chair of the Wisconsin College Republicans.

Musk urged the crowd to back conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, casting Tuesday as “a vote for which party controls the House of Representatives” and implying “the future of civilization” is at stake.

Musk claimed that if the liberal candidate won, the court would try to redraw the congressional districts in Wisconsin in favor of Democrats, which would stymie the White House’s agenda.

“The result of that could be that the House switches to a Democratic House. Yes, indeed. And then they will try to stop all of the government reforms that we are, we’re doing, and we’re getting done for you, the American people,” he said.

Groups affiliated with Musk have invested almost $20 million in the race supporting Republican-backed candidate Brad Schimel, according to a tally by the Brennan Center for Justice, while Musk has donated $2 million to the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

Musk also said at the event that his PAC is launching a “Block Captain” program ahead of the election on Tuesday, where participants will make $20 for each picture they post of someone with a Schimel sign and a thumbs up outside of their home.

Trump says his team is ‘taking bids’ for TikTok as deadline looms

As the April 5 deadline that President Donald Trump set for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the United States nears — the president said he has a team “essentially taking bids” for ownership of the app.

“There’s tremendous interest in TikTok. The decision is going to be my decision. As you know, through Congress, they’ve given me the power to make the decision,” Trump told reporters Sunday evening.

“We have a great team of people taking, essentially taking bids. We have a lot of people that want to buy TikTok. We’re dealing with China also on it, because they may have something to do with it, and we’ll see how that goes,” he added.

This comes after Trump pushed back the initial January deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the app.

Trump on auto tariffs: ‘Automakers are going to make a lot of money’

Speaking with reporters on Air Force One before landing in Washington, D.C., on Sunday evening, President Donald Trump addressed the sweeping auto tariffs set to take effect on April 3.

Trump continued to claim that automakers will make money despite economists saying the auto tariffs will do the opposite.

“The automakers are going to make a lot of money. American automakers or international automakers, if you’re talking about them, are going to build in the United States,” Trump said.

“Outside of the United States, that’s going to be up to them. I don’t care too much about that. But you have a lot of companies coming into the country to manufacture cars,” he added.

Trump talks running for a 3rd term, despite term limit

Trump did not rule out seeking a third term for president, regardless of it going against the Constitutional two-term limit, telling NBC’s Kristen Welker on Sunday, “There are methods which you could do it.”

NBC News asked Trump about a possible scenario in which Vice President JD Vance would run for office and then pass the role to Trump. The president responded by saying “that’s one” method.

“A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump said Sunday. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”

When asked whether he has been presented with plans to allow him to seek a third term, Trump said, “There are methods which you could do it.”

Trump has previously commented on running for a third term a few times, with Republicans viewing his comments as jokes or the president trolling his critics.