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How Trump Wiped Out $10 Trillion in Wealth in 3 Days

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On Monday, global stocks whipsawed over President Trump’s tariffs, a bear market briefly became official in the United States and tit-for-tat retaliation with China intensified. As trillions of dollars in corporate value evaporates and Mr. Trump’s support in the business world is cracking, even Republican members of Congress are debating whether to take away the president’s power to wage a trade war. Andrew Ross Sorkin, who covers business and policy, and Jonathan Swan, who covers the White House, talk through the tumultuous past few days on the stock market.

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0:00.0

From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobarrow. This is the Daily.

0:09.6

Checked your 401k today. You know you lost a lot, a lot of money.

0:14.4

Monday was yet another dark day on Wall Street as global stocks whipsawed over President Trump's universal tariffs.

0:23.5

A bare market briefly became official in the U.S.

0:27.7

And tit-for-tat retaliation with China intensified.

0:32.1

President Trump is doubling down, now threatening even bigger tariffs on imports from China,

0:39.2

50% if the country does not revoke its retaliatory tariffs on American products sold there.

0:43.7

Now, as trillions of dollars in corporate value evaporates, Trump's support in the business

0:50.1

world is cracking, and even Republican members of Congress are debating whether to take away

0:56.6

Trump's power to wage a trade war. There's no escaping the fact that business leaders are really

1:01.9

losing confidence. Bill Ackman, a billionaire who helped to fund the Trump campaign, has called

1:08.1

for a pause in tariffs, warning of what he calls a self-induced economic

1:13.4

nuclear winter.

1:14.6

This is Wall Street screaming at the White House.

1:16.5

If this is help, we don't want your help.

1:19.3

Please stop now.

1:21.0

Today, Andrew Ross Sorkin with the view from the stock market and Jonathan Swan with

1:27.4

the view from the stock market and Jonathan Swan with the view from the White House.

1:32.2

It's Tuesday, April 8th.

1:39.6

Andrew, thank you for coming in the studio.

1:42.5

Thanks for having me. What a day.

1:44.2

Another what a day day day. Another what a day day day.

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