💥 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.
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