President Donald Trump‘s top aides spilled the beans Wednesday about how they convinced him to back off his sky-high tariffs on China. They boasted to The Washington Post that they used data showing how his base of support—in particular truckers and longshoremen—would be hurt by the levies to change his mind.

Donald Trump’s tariffs on China will likely remain at a level expected to severely curtail Chinese exports to the US after the 90-day truce, analysts and investors say, suggesting Beijing may have to endure further economic pain despite active talks.

Several White House staffers had to warn the president that his tariffs would impact ‘Trump’s people.’ The MSNBC anchor also pointed out a daming irony of the president's Qatari jet controversy. Journalist Michael Wolff has said that Donald and Melania Trump are essentially “separated.