Trump live: Wisconsin result marks massive blow to president just hours before ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement
The liberal candidate for a critical seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Susan Crawford, has defeated conservative Brad Schimel in a race seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk.
The election determined the ideological control of the state’s High Court with the liberals retaining a 4-3 majority, which could affect rulings on abortion and voting rights as well as other issues. Musk alone poured in an estimated $25 million into the race, which marked the most expensive judicial battle in U.S. history.
Meanwhile, international markets wait tentatively for the president to unveil a raft of new tariffs in what he has billed as “Liberation Day” as part of an aggressive attempt to fulfill his administration’s economic agenda.
Trump is expected to unveil his plans at 4 p.m. Wednesday at a “Make America Wealthy Again” event in the White House Rose Garden at the moment American markets close.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the import taxes would go into effect immediately, adding the only way to avoid the new levies is to move production to the U.S.
