A more logical explanation is that the United States wants to negotiate with countries who are willing to come to the table.
If it were so, the 90-day period could have been announced yesterday night, at the same time he announced the upcoming pharma tariffs. Trump must have gotten more phone calls from GOP bigwigs, and other powerful business people.
You must have not met bullies in high school. If you give them your lunch money, they’ll keep coming back for more.
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You are better at mind reading than I am . BTW Who is the bully here? Other countries who have high tariffs and trade barriers on United States products?
Regardless of your mind reading, this is facts: the S&P 500 is up 7 1/2% at this hour
That is thanks to Trump seeing the light, at least for now.
And you don’t need mind reading to analyze what is happening. Just need to be objective instead of mindlessly believing a guy that changes positions like people change underwear.
Your TDS is showing and it is losing you money.
Just look at my posting history and you’ll see there is no TDS. I proudly remain an independent, ditching it to both sides. And no, I’m not losing money in the markets. Stevie Wonder could have seen what was coming.
Something else… not everybody that criticizes Trump and his ideas has TDS. Just like not everybody that criticizes Biden, Kamala or the Dems is a right wing crazy.
I appreciate this – I was mistaken on this point. However, services were not included in Trump’s formula for these new tariffs, which caused my confusion.
Either way, you didn’t answer why trade deficit is a problem.
Good, gives everyone another chance to sell closer to the peak 
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When the Big Guy says it’s a good time to buy, believe him!
https://x.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1909964046272516358
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT
Donald Trump Truth Social 04/09/25 09:37 AM
Timing for today vs equity indexes
Everything is up…
Is this the only time to believe him? Cause, you know, you can’t believe someone who lies all the friggin time.
But also… something about this screams “illegal market manipulation.”
At some point, other countries will refuse to exchange their real products and services for our fiat dollars. As an example of the possible changes, we are already seeing a move by the BRICS countries to establish another reserve currency.
The potential BRICS currency would allow these nations to assert their economic independence while competing with the existing international financial system. The current system is dominated by the US dollar, which accounts for about 90 percent of all currency trading. Until recently, nearly 100 percent of oil trading was conducted in US dollars; however, in 2023, one-fifth of oil trades were reportedly made using non-US dollar currencies.
This is a complex situation, but Treasury Secretary Bessent warned of the problems and he is an expert, a former hedge fund manager.
Maybe, but the US trade deficit is not the reason they want to establish another reserve currency. It’s the USD dominance they don’t like. I don’t see how reducing or eliminating our trade deficit would make any difference in this regard.
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This morning Trump mentioned “It’s a good time to buy”. It caught my attention.
He wasn’t the only person saying it. But Monday morning my Vanguard’s etf buys were “giving me a headache”. So I decided to take a chance. I bought!
Tonight I’m feeling better.
Still got a long way to go to catch up, but if the next couple days continue upwards bounce. Maybe good times ahead again.
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Good day to buy the stock indexes
S&P 500 Has Best Day Since 2008 as Trump Pauses Tariffs
The S&P 500 soared 9.5% on Wednesday, its biggest one-day gain since October 2008. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite skyrocketed 12.2%—its second-largest daily gain since the turn of the century and its best day since January 2001. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 7.8%, its best day since March 2020 and fifth-best since 2000.
in his world anything he has to pay for is taking advantage of him. It’s all a zero sum game to him.
To be fair, at least this time, a politician told everyone when to time the market. Usually they only tell their friends and donors…
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If the rally continues a couple of days - which I highly doubt -, I’m selling bigly.
Not only because the pause has not quite reassured me much about the competency of the Trump economic team that laid that egg over the last week but also because market would get back to very richly priced so not a bad time to realize gains anyway.
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I think Mr. Orange thought he could put this one back together if he needed to, and now he’s figuring out that he’s done permanent damage. I mean “perfect example of the art of the deal!”
Imagine that! You treat your old friends like enemies and then you can’t understand why they turn their back on you.
Competency of the Trump Team… I’m still a believer.
Yes the DOW is still low, but not that much. And I bought that day when everything in the market was dropping.
So counting “On the Good Times Rolling”.
Many of us have been around here since Shinobi, 