The Trump White House on Thursday imposed steel and aluminum tariffs on the country’s top allies as the president announced he’ll pardon a conservative activist and pushed for a media executive to apologize to him.

TARIFFS COMING

Trump issued a proclamation imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico. Shares of steelmakers including U.S. Steel X, -3.75% and AK Steel US:AKS advanced on the news, while the broader stock market SPX, -2.37% struggled amid the renewed trade tensions.

The president had given the countries waivers for May as the White House tried to win concessions from the European Union and was engaged in trade talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. The tariffs will be 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum.

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“The Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs have already had major, positive effects on steel and aluminum workers and jobs and will continue to do so long into the future. At the same time, the Trump Administration’s actions underscore its commitment to good-faith negotiations with our allies to enhance our national security while supporting American workers,” the White House said in a statement.

A report from Germany alleges Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron that he plans to bar German premium car manufacturers from the U.S. market

Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland prior to departing for Houston. Reuters

PARDON FOR D’SOUZA

As he flew to Houston to meet with first responders and victims’ families of a school gun massacre as well as hold fundraisers, Trump over Twitter said he’ll pardon Dinesh D’Souza, the conservative author who pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations. “I’ve always felt he was very unfairly treated,” Trump said aboard Air Force One. He said D’Souza should’ve paid a “minor fine, like everyone else with the election stuff.”

This will be Trump’s fifth pardon, joining former Arizona sheriff Joseph Arpaio; former Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, Scooter Libby; Navy sailor Kristian Saucier; and the late boxer Jack Johnson.

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ASKING FOR APOLOGY

Trump’s morning tweets including his second request in as many days for an apology from Disney DIS, -3.08% CEO Bob Iger. Iger reportedly phoned former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to apologize after Roseanne Barr called her an ape. In his tweet, Trump mentioned Brian Ross, who was suspended for erroneously reporting that former Trump national-security adviser Michael Flynn would testify against the president. At the time, ABC did issue a statement apologizing for the Ross incident.

Trump also used the medium to convey that he didn’t fire FBI Director James Comey because of the Russia investigation, that the mainstream media isn’t covering that there had been FBI “Spies (Informants)” in his presidential campaign, and that talks this week with North Korea were “very good.”

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy defended the FBI’s actions with regard to Trump’s campaign, saying he is “even more convinced that the FBI did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting North Korea envoy Kim Yong Chol in New York as the two countries try to rekindle plans for talks on nuclear disarmament. Trump said Thursday he wasn’t sure whether a deal would get done but that the negotiations “are in good hands.”