Stocks slide as Trump warns of US economy 'transition' - RocketNews

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Trump also doubled a blanket tariff on goods from China to 20%.
44% : Investors fear that tariffs - which are taxes on goods applied as they enter the country - will lead to higher prices and ultimately dent growth in the world's largest economy."The level of tariffs that Trump is imposing, I think no doubt, will have to cause inflation somewhere down the line," Rachel Winter, investment manager at Killik & Co, told the Today programme.
36% : If Trump escalates, "I will not hesitate to shut the electricity off completely," he warned.
31% : The US president has accused China, Mexico and Canada of not doing enough to end the flow of illegal drugs and migrants into the US.
26% : Tesla shares fell about 8% on Monday, while tech stocks Nvidia and Meta were both down more than 4%.Speaking to Fox News in an interview broadcast on Sunday but recorded on Thursday, Trump appeared to acknowledge the concerns, responding to a question about whether the US was facing recession: "I hate to predict things like that.

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