The financial system has began blinking crimson. President Trump’s tariffs have been roiling markets. Client sentiment was already down. G.D.P. forecasts are predicting slower progress. And on Tuesday evening Trump declared to Congress and the nation that issues had by no means been higher.
One thing was completely different about this speech. The extent of baldfaced mendacity. The best way Republicans cheered alongside. How uncomfortable and unsure Democrats appeared. It was as if, watching all of it, you can really feel one thing rupturing.
My editor, Aaron Retica, joins me to speak by way of Trump’s fifth deal with to Congress.
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