Trump called a cabinet meeting after walking back his tariff plans. It might as well have been held in Moscow

Donald Trump has made nary concealed of his affinity for Russian president Vladimir Putin’s enactment style, and helium got to acquisition it first-hand Thursday successful a furniture gathering that has been described arsenic “Kremlin-esque.”

Just a time aft President Trump backtracked connected a disastrous tariff argumentation that sent planetary markets into turmoil, furniture members lined up to massage the president’s ego with sycophantic connection that would marque North Korean newsreaders blush.

“I deliberation that what you person assembled successful your imaginativeness is simply a turning constituent and an inflection constituent successful American history. And truthful conscionable being a portion of that is the top honor,” Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, said, aft calling the president “family.”

Kelly Loeffler, caput of the Small Business Administration, had small to accidental astir the galore tiny businesses astir to beryllium made bankrupt by Trump’s tariff chaos.

"Mr. President, connected behalf of America's manufacturers, I privation to convey you for lasting up to the Chinese communist enactment and warring for our main streets, for our workers ... Main Street is grateful for you," she said.

Trump sat stony-faced done each tribute, occasionally offering commentary erstwhile they were done.

It was unclear if a memo had been sent astir oregon if Trump’s furniture members are conscionable opening to recognize what was required of them, but each followed suit and sprinkled their contributions with gratitude for his leadership.

Elon Musk thanked Trump for his “fantastic leadership.” Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, thanked him for his “leadership astatine the border.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president his favourite fairy communicative astir the predetermination and sought to rewrite the Constitution connected the fly, implying that helium should person power of the U.S. government’s budget, alternatively than Congress.

“You were overwhelmingly elected by the biggest majority,” she said, repeating a prevarication that the president has often told. “The Americans privation you to beryllium president due to the fact that of your agenda, and the courts are ruling that you person the authorization to find however the wealth of this state volition beryllium spent. That's what the American citizens wanted, and that's what they're getting,” she said.

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick was keen to marque the president consciousness amended astir his capitulation connected tariffs connected Wednesday by assuring him that galore as-yet unnamed nations are trying to negociate caller commercialized deals with the United States.

“They person travel with offers that they never, ever, ever would person travel with but for the moves that the President has made, demanding that radical dainty the United States with respect. We're getting the respect we merit now,” helium said.

Halfway done the meeting, a pedestrian gag from the president prompted a burst of laughter from everyone that seemed to shingle the table.

After Trump’s furniture had finished giving their updates, Trump spoke astatine magnitude successful effect to questions from a White House excavation that had been cautiously selected and bolstered by affable outlets, arsenic it is successful Moscow.

He described the rebound from his self-induced downturn arsenic “the biggest time successful history” and warned determination would beryllium “transition difficulty.”

The president appeared anxious to determination connected from his effort to enforce tighter authorities power implicit the economy, and with it isolation from the planetary market, possibly looking guardant to a elephantine subject parade that is rumored to beryllium successful the works for this summertime - each to observe his birthday.

Sound familiar?