I see a lot of people complaining about tariffs and stock market crash and all this. We all knew Trump's agenda was gong to hit the fake economy hard. But maybe it's hitting the real economy too, and maybe for no good reason. I have no opinion but I'm curious what you guys think.
Loaded question. Trump is not crashing anything--market participants determine market pricing. Trump's recent policy initiatives have reduced investor confidence, at least over a short or medium-term duration. The markets are fickle, and contain many different actors with different risk profiles and different time horizons. The effect of these policy initiatives affects each of them differently. My $0.02 is that Trump believes the current economic system is unsustainable and that he's right about that. Whether the prescription fits that diagnosis is up to you.