S04E16 – Trump’s Tariffs and Stock Market Volatility

In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, Ryan and Tom talk about how Trump's tariff chaos tanked the stock market. Josh was supposed to join us, but he ended up bailing at the last minute (leading us to speculate as to what he was doing instead). Tom and Ryan agree on most everything in this episode. They agree that the market was ripe for a correction and that Trump's tariffs were the catalyst. They also agree that there are indications that Trump may have been engaged in market manipulation and probably should be investigated for what he has done. They agree that Trump is primarily using tariffs as a means of bullying other countries. They spend a lot of time discussing how terrifying our national debt and deficits are, and that there is no will among politicians to fix it. And they agree that the market is likely going to continue to go down for a while as we head into an economic recession.