Financial markets are melting, soybean futures are freaking out, tariffs threaten our economy. Why is this man laughing? — The South Dakota Standard

Financial markets are melting, soybean futures are freaking out, tariffs threaten our economy. Why is this man laughing? — The South Dakota Standard

I suppose we all just have to collectively shrug, even as we slap our foreheads with dismay. Donald Trump won fair and square and he gave his supporters just what they wanted – sweeping tariffs that they actually believed would be one of the best things that ever happened to the American economy.As we’ve seen during the last few days, though, the markets aren’t buying it. The stock market has a case of the heaves, getting no relief by the instig…