According to ChainCatcher and Jintian's report, three informed sources revealed that White House officials distributed internal talking points and told agents that Trump's new global tariff plan should not be viewed as a starting point for negotiations. The sources said that as the world tries to understand Trump's massive new import taxes, internal government instructions stated that advisors should describe the tariffs as a response to a national emergency, rather than a basis for potential new trade negotiations. Two informed sources said that in addition to the talking points, Trump himself told advisors that the tariffs were not meant to establish negotiations.