Trump refuses to rule out recession as his trade war sparks 'despair'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : He also spoke about the duration of any hit on the U.S. 'There is a period of transition, because what we're doing is very big,' Trump said .
54% : Trump flew in from Mar-a-Lago Sunday night.
52% : The Dow fell nearly 900 points on Monday, on a day President Trump kept his events closed to the press Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street on Monday, March 10 A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average below 500 points after the opening bell on Wall Street on Monday, March 10, 2025 a day after Trump's comments on a recession US stocks rose strongly after his latest election victory in November but those gains have been wiped out in recent weeks as concerns over tariffs and the wider economy mount.
44% : 'You know, we were probably overbloated with the stock market here for a while, we went up quite a bit,' said Sen. Tommy Tuberville The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street on March 05, 2025, in New York City With Trump down, Homeland Security Chief Kristi Noem, who unveiled a new app to allow illegal migrants to 'self-deport' came out to talk to Fox News at the White House Monday afternoon after markets had closed.
34% : In New York, the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell around 4 per cent in early trading to its lowest level since September Although Trump announced a pause on 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Ontario announced Monday it was tacking a 25 percent surcharge on energy exports to the U.S. On Trump's schedule for Monday were a roundtable with tech CEOs, planned executive order signings, and a ceremonial swearing in for the director of the Secret Service.
31% : Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank, branded Trump an 'agent of chaos and confusion' and said his 'zigzagging on tariffs shows that he has little idea of the potential consequences' of his actions.
27% : Trump refused to rule out a recession in an interview with Maria Bartiromo on 'Sunday Morning Futures' on Fox News.
27% : He described the suffering as necessary to meet Trump's goals of slashing government spending.
25% : Trump warned of a potential recession during a Fox News interview Stocks tanked on the news in early morning trading yesterday Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell, said the 'euphoria' around Trump's return to the White House has 'fizzled away'.
25% : 'I hate to predict things like that,' Trump said.
24% : A trade war is unsettling and there are far-reaching consequences if it blows up.' New Chinese tariffs on U.S. exports began kicking in Monday after Trump slapped tariffs on Beijing.
20% : Trump said tariffs 'may go up' when Bartiromo tried to press him on the 'uncertainty' caused by leveling threats and then pausing or lifting them.
19% : With Trump staying silent, Senate ally Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) told Fox Business that 'President Trump has told people there's going to be a little bit of pain with this.
15% : It was a shocking departure for Trump, who used to repeatedly crow about stock market gains, and even took credit for a jump in stocks during the transition period at the end of the Biden administration.

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