Inside Trump's defiant response to the markets' tariff meltdown

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(CNN) President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs are facing blowback from all corners – a market sell-off, foreign retaliation, anger from corporate America and skepticism from the Federal Reserve chairman and some allies in Congress. So far, the president is defiant in the face of the global turbulence.

After a day and a half of mixed messages from Trump and top administration officials over whether the tariffs were the start of a negotiation or a more permanent change to US economic policy, Trump didn’t use Friday to deliver clarity. He didn’t venture out into the country to sell his plan from the floor of an American factory or to showcase a business or community that he believes will benefit from the tariffs.

Instead, the president chose to begin his day on the golf course in Florida.

The financial markets were already falling by the time he left his Mar-a-Lago resort for a short ride to the Trump International Golf Club. He waved to onlookers as his presidential limousine rolled through the gates.


https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/trump-tariffs-markets-blowback/index.html

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1. Trump has always clearly indicated by his actions that he believes the larger the item he can destroy,

the greater his power. And his whole life has been dedicated to filling the hole inside him with feelings of his own deranged version of power.

He is loving this. He won't stop or mitigate it on his own, and he will fight any efforts to fight or mitigate it.