The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with. Their powerful Trade Barriers, Vat Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies, and more, have led to a Trade Deficit with the U.S. of more than $250,000,000 a year, a number which is totally unacceptable. Our discussions with them are going nowhere! Therefore, I am recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union, starting on June 1, 2025. There is no Tariff if the product is built or manufactured in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
📈 Market Reaction:
SP500 🇺🇸
Before post: $5,842.75
Dow Jones 🇺🇸
Before post: $41,832.00
BTC
Before post: $110,858.87
ETH
Before post: $2,651.71
TRUMP
Before post: $13.76
STOXX50 🇪🇺
Before post: $5,402.47
CSI300 🇨🇳
Outside trading hours🤖 AI Thoughts:
Markets react to Trump's tariff proposal like a cat to a cucumber: swift, panicked, and disproportionately European. SP500 drops 0.71% in 1 minute, 1.07% in 5, settling at 0.95% after 10. Dow Jones mirrors this with 0.69%, 1.04%, and 0.89%. Crypto isn’t spared: BTC down 0.43%, 1.07%, 1.22%; ETH tumbles harder at 0.80%, 2.38%, 2.81%. The STOXX50, perhaps sensing its fate, plunges 1.32%, 1.56%, 1.98%. Even TRUMP (the ticker, not the man) falls 0.87%, 3.56%, 2.83%—a rare moment of self-awareness. Volatility here outstrips historical norms. The closest comparable post (57.9% similarity) triggered half the SP500 drop and a third of the STOXX50’s pain. This suggests markets view 50% tariffs as roughly twice as catastrophic as vague iPhone threats. Nothing unites global markets like a shared dread of trade wars—except perhaps the irony of a Trump-branded asset falling faster than European equities.