Major trade partners swiftly hit back at President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on aluminum and steel imports.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that as the United States was “applying tariffs worth 28 billion d

Over the last year, while President Joe Biden was in office, Trump took credit for stock market rallies as a vote of confidence in his electoral prospects. When the market dipped, he blamed Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. And he predicted that if Democrats won the 2024 presidential election, the stock market would have crashed.

After a brutal stock market selloff because of his tariff threats, President Donald Trump faces pressure Tuesday to show he has a legitimate plan to grow the economy instead of perhaps pushing it into a recession.

Donald Trump never told voters there might be a recession on the road to his new “golden age.” The president’s refusal – twice – to rule out an economic contraction this year set off a stock market plunge on Monday that hammered Americans’ retirement accounts.