Analysis; Markets plunge, allies panic and Trump declares victory
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/politics/trump-tariffs-chaos-competence/index.html
“I think it’s going very well,” Trump told reporters Thursday, in the aftermath of his “Liberation Day” announcement the day before.
“It was an operation like when a patient gets operated on and it’s a big thing,” Trump said. “We’ve never seen anything like it. The markets are going to boom. The stock is going to boom. The country is going to boom.”