President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had cinched a trade deal with Japan, reducing the tax he had planned to levy on imports from a major trading partner as the deadline he has imposed for negotiations over tariffs nears.

Trump's announcement made no mention of easing tariffs on Japanese automobiles, which account for more than a quarter of all the country's exports to the United States and are subject to a 25% tariff.

Trump said the U.S. will impose a 15% tariff on Japanese imports under the agreement, which he hailed as "maybe the largest deal in history."

Through any number of controversies over the years, President Donald Trump’s modus operandi has been to never give an inch. Steve Bannon calls it Trump’s “fight club mentality,” and it’s certainly more pronounced in his more bare-knuckle second term.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump called the continued fixation on Epstein and his possible connections to powerful politicians a “witch hunt.” Trump also told reporters that he was not up to speed on the Department of Justice’s plans to meet with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

U.S. President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of "treason" on Tuesday, accusing him, without providing evidence, of leading an effort to falsely tie him to Russia and undermine his 2016 presidential campaign.

A spokesperson for Obama said that while the office “does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,” the Trump administration’s new “bizarre” and “ridiculous” allegations warranted one.

President Donald Trump deflected Epstein case questions by reviving unverified claims about President Barack Obama and 2016 election interference.