Trump plays chicken with investors as stocks fall again on recession fears - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Step back: Trump has laid out plans to remake the economy with sweeping changes never before attempted at the scale he envisions.
54% : "I'm not even looking at the market," Trump said last week, "because long term the United States will be very strong with what is happening here.
51% : Trump appears to be testing the market's tolerance for short-term pain while promising long-term gain -- with the economy hanging in the balance.
33% : Despite repeated warnings from economists that these policies would backfire, Trump won the political backing of many in the business world with promises to extend his 2017 tax cuts and deregulate industry.
32% : " On Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned in a CNBC interview that "there's going to be a detox period" as the administration works to slash government spending and ramp up private investment.
28% : Why it matters: Neither Trump nor Bessent has described what the "transition" or "detox" might look like.
26% : "I hate to predict things like that," Trump said.
26% : But he doubts Trump wants to see the economy or market tank.
24% : To them, Trump is playing a dangerous game of chicken that nobody wins.

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