TODAY Tariffs Spur Markets Bloodbath
MARKET BLOODBATH: US financial markets lost an estimated five trillion dollars in value in the two days since President Donald Trump announced new tariffs and opened a trade war with the world. Yesterday alone the Dow Jones dropped more than 2200 points.
YESTERDAY China Strikes back
TRADE WAR !!: China announced today that it’s putting a 34 percent tariff on American-made goods in retaliation for President Trump’s own drastic tariffs. The Chinese also added 11 US companies to its list of “unreliable entities,” effectively barring them from doing business in China.
The trigger yesterday was China’s retaliation with a 34 percent tariff on US imports. In two days the Dow lost more than 9 percent, the S&P 500 more than 10, and the Nasdaq more than 11 percent.
The selloff was on a par with such events as war, depression, the dotcom bubble, and the Covid pandemic.
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It's Been Said
"Christians, get out and vote, just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."
- Donald Trump courting the vote of the Christian right
