💥 Ripped, Then Wrecked: Stocks Crushed as Trump’s Tariff Whiplash Shocks Wall Street

Markets just did a full 180 — and it’s all because of Trump’s tariff twist.

📉 The Hangover Hit Hard

If Wednesday was a sugar high, Thursday was the crash.

Just one day after President Trump’s “90-day tariff pause” sent markets soaring, investors got rug-pulled. The White House dropped a quiet bombshell: tariffs on China weren’t 125% as Trump had said — they were actually 145% when you factor in earlier levies.

Wall Street didn’t shrug. It panicked.

🔻 Market Snapshot:

• S&P 500: -3.5%

• Nasdaq: -4.3%

• Dow Jones: -2.5% (🧨 Down 1,000 points)

• 10-Year Yield: Flat at 4.39% after a wild week

• Oil: -5% as demand fears resurface

😱 What Spooked the Street

Here’s the real kicker: investors believed the worst was over. Wednesday’s rally was the biggest since the Great Financial Crisis. Big Tech added over $1.5T in market cap in a day.

Then came the tariff math correction — and the rally turned into a bull trap.

“The trade war is now turning into a direct confrontation with China.”
— Rabobank

China is now facing 145% total tariffs from the U.S., while retaliating with 84% levies on U.S. goods. Welcome to Round 2 of the global trade cage match.