White House tries to talk up Trump tariffs as US stock markets slide

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : We're bringing wealth back to America," Trump said on Sunday in an interview on Fox News.
50% : Trump has increased tariffs on China, first by 10% and now by 20%.
34% : Over the last week, as the US stock market has slumped, Trump and his administration have been busy working the talkshow circuits trying to allay growing concerns of a recession and continue to push for his trade policies.
34% : Since coming into office, Trump has started a trade war with America's three largest trading partners.
28% : Trump has balked at the idea that his trade policies have caused uncertainty and said, when asked about the possibility of a recession this year, that he "hate[s] to predict things like that".
19% : By Monday afternoon, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq were all down by at least 2% after Trump skirted around questions about a potential recession on Sunday.
8% : " Howard Lutnick, Trump's commerce secretary, told NBC's Meet the Press that "there's going to be no recession in America", comparing doubts about Trump's trade policies to previous skepticism over Trump winning the election.

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