A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on April 2, 2025.
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The broader pattern here is hard to miss: Trump still treats volatility like a governing philosophy. That can be useful when you want drama. It is a lot less useful when the thing you’re detonating is the global trading system.
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Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement set a 10% baseline duty on imports from nearly all countries, with higher country-specific rates for many trading partners. The move jolted markets, drew warnings of retaliation, and raised fresh fears of a wider trade fight.