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President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10.Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images file

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Trump's economy at 100 days: Unprecedented uncertainty reigns

By Rob Wile

Voters returned Donald Trump to the White House in November believing he would be better for the economy than his opponent, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

Yet 100 days into Trump’s second presidential term, voters now face an economic landscape rife with uncertainty.

Among its attributes: recession odds of as high as 60%, inflation rates that have barely budged and a stock market that, until recently, was beset by volatility.

At issue is Trump’s tariffs strategy.

Though he said throughout his campaign that he planned to impose tariffs on goods brought into the United States, consumers and businesses alike have reacted with shock at what Trump has implemented and the speed with which he has done it: a 10%-across-the-board tariff, 25% duties on autos and auto parts and steel and aluminum products, and duties of as high as 145% on goods from China, the third-largest source of imports into the United States behind the European Union and Mexico.

“A lot of economic policy has been made in these first 100 days — more than any other administration I can think of,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. ...

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  • News source: Sophia Tareen | The Associated Press
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  • News source: BBC News - World
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US urges India and Pakistan to defuse tensions after Kashmir killings

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • News source: BBC News - World
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Trump calls China the ‘chief-ripper-offer' on trade, with no sign of direct talks

  • News source: Erin Doherty, CNBC
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday called China the leading candidate for the "chief-ripper-offer" on trade, and tried to downplay the possible economic impacts of his tariff war.

"We've been ripped off by every country in the world, but China I would say is the leading ... candidate for the 'chief-ripper-offer," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

Trump continued to defend his unprecedented 145% tariff rate on Chinese imports, even as analysts and business leaders warn of the looming economic damage they would cause, including...
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Kenyan MP shot dead in 'targeted' attack in Nairobi

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Kamala Harris comes knives out against Trump in first speech since leaving office: ‘Absolute chaos’

  • News source: FOX News
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the political scene with a fiery speech on Wednesday night in which she slammed the Trump administration’s first 100 days.

Harris had a very negative, often angry-sounding message in her first speech since she left office, even saying, "we are seeing the wholesale abandonment" of American ideals in reference to President Donald Trump's priorities.

"Now, I know tonight's event happens to coincide with the 100 days after the inauguration, and I'll leave to others to give a full accounting of what has...
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Israeli reservists speak out against Gaza war as pressure on Netanyahu grows

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