Maria Bartiromo is the latest Fox News star to express uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs –  just moments before interviewing the boss of JPMorgan.

She did so while speaking with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, days after admitting the trade obstacles may very well cause a recession.

The more recent remarks came on her Fox Business show, Mornings with Maria, which welcomed Jamie Dimon to the set later on. There, the world’s most well-known banker said a recession was very ‘likely’ – unless Trump reversed course.

First, though, she spoke to Bessent, who dismissed concerns of a recession late last week. Stock market losses seen since then have spurred several change-of-hearts, with more and more Republicans distancing themselves from the president.

Bartiromo, a well-known Trump loyalist, was among them, acknowledging the potential economic nightmare live on-air Monday on America’s Newsroom.

When asked by the Fox News’s Dana Perino whether everyday Americans would feel the brunt of any economic unrest, Bartiromo also predicted a recession.

It was a decidedly different tune from the one she had offered hours earlier on Fox Business before the bell. ‘Honestly, I would not be surprised if this market reverses course entirely by the close,’ she said.

On the same show Wednesday, as selloffs continued, Bartiromo flat-out asked: ‘Why are we doing this?’, speaking with Bessent. Trump went on to announce a 90-day pause on the full effect of his tariffs, causing the market to see some immediate gains.

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‘Business leaders are saying to me, ‘Why are we doing this?’ she said, before the abrupt about-face a few hours later.

‘Everyone was very excited about President Trump’s agenda, deregulation, tapping into energy tax cuts and now boom with these tariffs, everything has changed,’ Bartiromo continued, repeating several Trump talking points

‘Why are we doing this?’ she went on to ask – leading Bessent to again defend the trade obstacles that, once lessened Wednesday, caused spikes in both the Dow and S&P 500 almost immediately.

Bessent responded by insisting Trump’s first three months or so in office has been overwhelmingly successful – pointing to his mass deportation effort and strict immigration policies as proof.

‘President Trump is tackling the trade agenda, and this isn’t done in isolation, Maria,’ the high-ranking administration official explained

‘We’re running the parallel processes here,’ he said, seemingly suggesting Trump’s team has been spread thin.

He also claimed the stock market will eventually turn around once countries negotiate – a prediction that quickly emerged as half-true, after Trump himself reversed much of the losses that afternoon by simply announcing a pause for most of the tariffs.

‘At a point in the not too distant future, I think we will be back to firing on all cylinders,’ Bessent said, oblivious of the concession to come.

He also sought to blame the marker unrest on former President Joe Biden, after Bartiromo brought up a conversation with an unnamed ‘CEO’ who told her a recession was coming. 

‘What the ‘CEO’ may have alluded to is that the manufacturing sector under the previous administration was in a recession,’ Bessent argued, going against a host of politicians, experts, execs, and bankers who say otherwise.

Count Dimon in that class, who, despite blaming the market turbulence on Trump’s tariffs during his conversation with Bartiromo Wednesday, sought to give viewers some respite with some words of encouragement.

As stocks at the time continued to tumble, he told the Fox Business and Fox News host: ‘We have the best economy in the world. 

‘Our GDP per person is $85,000. China’s is $15,000. So you got to put a little bit in the context.’

He went on to talk up Bessent, whom Bartiromo had just spoke to, saying he knows what he’s doing. 

‘I hope what they really do is let [Treasury Secretary] Scott Bessent – he is a professional – negotiate,’ Dimon said, hours before Trump spawned more major market shifts with a social media post announcing the 90-day pause.

‘Get those things’ done quickly,’ Dimon said, also unaware of what was to come.

‘If you want to calm down the markets, show progress in those things and let Scott Bessent negotiate. Trade deals are large and complex.’

Trump would announce his decision to pause the full effect of tariffs – on Truth Social later in the day, hours after telling onlookers to ‘be cool’. He claimed he came to the decision after ‘more than 75 Countries’ contacted him ‘to negotiate a solution’.

That’s also after even Fox News hosts like Jesse Watters and Steve Doocy expressed unease over Trump’s plan, in what amounted to a visible shift in tone toward the Trump presidency from the network,

Moreover, in his statement announcing the 90-day pause, Trump additionally said he was raising the tariffs imposed on imports from China to 125 percent ‘effective immediately’ due to a ‘lack of respect China has shown to the World’s Markets.’

After the move, Bessent and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fielded questions from reporters.

When asked to explain Trump’s decision making ‘on what feels like a reversal,’ the former hedge-fund manager offered a one-word response.

‘No,’ he said.