Markets So Unfazed By Tariffs That It’s Making Trump Bolder

US President Donald Trump

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To Donald Trump, the rallying stock market is evidence that Wall Street likes tariffs. But investors say they’re just counting on the US president to back down.

With the S&P 500 notching records despite promises that more tariffs are coming to everyone from Canada to Brazil to Algeria, Trump told NBC in an interview: “I think the tariffs have been very well-received. The stock market hit a new high today.”