Trump said tariffs will be the "greatest thing we've ever done as a country."
President Donald Trump is defending his decision to pause some tariffs to Canada and Mexico for another month -- a notable reversal after imposing historic levies on the key U.S. trading partners earlier this week, causing markets to tumble.
On Friday, Trump signed more executive orders at the White House before he convened a first-ever cryptocurrency summit with industry leaders.
President Donald Trump was asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking advantage of America's pause on intel and military aid to Ukraine following its attacks on Friday morning.
"I think he's doing what anyone else would do. I think he's hitting them harder. He wants to get it ended," he responded.
Earlier in the day, Trump threatened Russia with sanctions and tariffs.
President Donald Trump was asked on Friday how much economic disturbance he is willing to accept as a result of his tariff policy, and how long Americans should expect things to cost a little more.
"There could be some disturbance, a little bit of disturbance," he said.
After a back-and-forth with his tariff policy in recent days paired with market instability, a reporter asked Trump if he was done with pauses or carveouts.
"There will always be changes and adjustments," Trump said, later adding "but very little."
President Donald Trump said he could hit Canada with reciprocal tariffs as early as Friday, according to a feed provided by the White House of his remarks in the Oval Office, as he claimed Canada's been "ripping us off for years on tariffs on lumber and on dairy products."
"They'll be met with the exact same tariff unless they drop it, and that's what reciprocal means," Trump said. "We may do it as early as today, or we'll wait until Monday or Tuesday but that's what we're going to do. We're going to charge the same thing."
Senior White House officials provided more details about the strategic Bitcoin reserve and U.S. digital assets stockpile that President Donald Trump created Thursday through an executive order.
The officials stressed it is using the digital assets that the United States government already owns and have been obtained through criminal or civil forfeiture proceedings. The White House said the government will not be purchasing additional Bitcoin assets at this time.
The officials said they believe that the U.S. maintains about 200,000 Bitcoin that "will be placed in the strategic reserves so that we do have a long-term strategy to maximize the value." Those assets will not be sold, officials said.
-ABC News' Elizabeth Schulze and Molly Nagle
