Why Trump Cares Less About Market Pain This Time: John Authers

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here.

Today’s Points:

• Far from offering a put under the stock market, Trump announced new 50% tariffs on Canadian metals.
• And then, keeping everyone on their toes, he lifted them again.
• Tax cuts — remember them? — would be helpful.
• Europe really is for the turning, in large part because it offers value.
• AND: Me and my Bigmouth.

The Trump Put

Is there a Trump Put or isn’t there? Throughout his first term in office, the president put great store by the stock market, and ...