As stock market continues plummeting over tariffs, Trump spends the day at his golf course

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The world is collapsing and Donald Trump is playing golf. On Friday, a theoretical working day, while the world’s stock exchanges were sinking, the president of the United States went early to his West Palm Beach golf club and spent most of the day there. The president’s long weekend arrived after declaring the trade war on the world with the highest tariffs in at least a century. Trump’s ordago has profound implications that are difficult to an…

Stocks in freefall, Trump in golf cart — just another MAGA weekend

WASHINGTON, April 6 — Donald Trump hit the golf course ahead of a candlelight dinner Friday despite global turmoil over his tariff plans — underscoring his desire to do things his way in an increasingly hardline second term. As he spent a long weekend at his Florida getaway, the 78-year-old US president was increasingly defiant even as markets plunged, insisting it was a “great time to get rich.” And as he punishes America’s trade rivals, Trump …

Critics Hit Trump for Golf Trip Amid Tariff Chaos, Troop Deaths: ‘He Fiddles While Rome Burns' Critics Hit Trump for Golf Trip Amid Tariff Chaos, Troop Deaths: ‘He Fiddles While Rome Burns'

President Donald Trump came under fire from Democrats on Friday after he spent the day at his Florida golf club amid economic chaos and a solemn military event. Trump’s appearance at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach followed his recent announcement of sweeping global tariffs—moves that have sent U.S. markets into a tailspin and stoked fears of a looming recession, Politico reports. While Trump was on the green, four U.S. soldiers’ r…

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Trump urges Americans to 'hang tough' on tariffs plan as markets tumble

President Donald Trump is doubling down on his controversial tariffs program and has called on Americans to stay the course amid stock market turmoil over the last few days.