Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) appears just as baffled by President Donald Trump’s steep international tariffs as his Democratic colleagues and markets around the world, admitting Wednesday on Capitol Hill that he doesn’t understand the “total strategy” behind them.

“I still don’t know exactly what his total strategy is,” Johnson told CNN’s Manu Raju.

Trump dubbed April 2 “Liberation Day” and announced a sweeping 10% baseline tariff on almost all imports to the U.S., with levies on dozens of countries set even higher. The aggressive policy upended markets around the world — and sparked fears of a global recession.

“We know what his goal was,” Johnson argued Wednesday. “He wants reciprocity.”

Trump and numerous officials in his administration had maintained since April 2 that there would be no pause on the tariffs, only for Trump to announce Wednesday that levies on all affected countries would be scaled back to 10% for 90 days — except China, which he hit with a 125% tariff.

Johnson said Wednesday that he’s “relieved like the markets are relieved,” referring to the historic market gains following Trump’s temporary reversal. The GOP senator wagered that “at some point in time” the economy “will stabilize,” only to reiterate his initial concern.

“Again, I don’t know what the endgame is here yet,” he told CNN.

Trump misleadingly described the tariffs last week as “reciprocal.” One economist was particularly stunned after realizing his research as a former U.S. Treasury official was used by the administration to arrive at the higher rates — after being utterly misinterpreted.

Johnson said last week on Fox Business that the tariffs were creating tangible concern.

“I’m getting all kinds of reaction from businesses, farmers in Wisconsin that are highly concerned about what’s happening,” he said, adding: “All I can really do is kinda report the reality to the administration, let them know how these actions are impacting my constituents.”