HOT TOPICS | Trump’s Tariffs Tank the Market—Global Chaos Ensues - April 7th, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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3.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Well, that didn’t take long. After Trump’s big tariff announcement, the stock market did what it does best when he talks trade: absolutely tanked. It’s not just Wall Street feeling the burn—global markets are spiraling, trading partners are furious, and economists everywhere are reaching for the TUMS. Don goes live to break down the fallout: rising prices, global tension, and a trade policy that seems more like a tantrum with consequences. Join us, Lemon Nation—because economic nationalism is starting to look a lot like economic nosedive. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/donlemon and get on your way to being your best self. This episode is brought to you by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Whether you’ve always been secular or left religion behind, if you don’t want someone else dictating the trip for you, F-F-R-F has your back. Join us. Go to FFRF.US/Freedom or text the word, “FAMILY” to five eleven five eleven and become a member today. Text fees may apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.8	So welcome, everybody.
0:48.0	Thank you for joining us for hot topics.
0:49.8	So a little bit late because we're following the markets.
0:51.1	We want to make sure what's going on.
0:52.5	And just before we got ready to go on a couple minutes ago, there was some breaking news.
0:56.2	The market was down considerably. And then I believe we're getting new information. And this is
1:01.9	breaking news. Again, thanks for joining us here. And I'm glad we didn't go on before because it
1:05.8	would have happened while we were on. So it appears that Donald Trump has blinked.
1:15.2	Donald Trump is considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except for China. And so when that happened, the market went from
1:22.5	negative territory to positive territory. It hasn't recovered the losses from that we've suffered last week.
1:31.3	But now all of a sudden, he is considering, I believe Donald Trump is going to blink.
1:36.0	And he is considering a 90-day moratorium, so to speak, or pause.
1:42.7	I'm just looking at the monitor over here.
1:44.8	In tariffs.
1:46.3	So that is what we have right now.
1:50.0	Okay?
1:50.6	So look, does that mean your money is back?
1:53.4	No.
1:53.7	Does that mean the market is up hugely or bigly?
1:56.5	No.
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