Markets plummet, a House revolt, and other big Washington news

市场暴跌,众议院内乱,及其他华盛顿重大新闻

Apple News Today

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2025-04-04

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President Trump’s tariffs have caused U.S. markets to plummet. How to prepare for a potential recession, and how the tariffs might have an outsized impact on a small African nation. Plus, Semafor’s Elana Schor joins to discuss major news from Washington this week including Sen. Cory Booker’s record-length speech, and a push for proxy voting in the House. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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  • It's Friday, April 4th.

  • I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  • We begin with the immediate fallout from Trump's sweeping tariffs enacted on Wednesday.

  • Markets slid with US Stocks seeing their steepest decline in market value since March of 2020.

  • JP Morgan economists said yesterday they believe there's a 60% chance of a global recession.

  • President Trump defended the tariffs while standing outside Air Force One yesterday,

  • saying they put America in the driver's seat.

  • The markets are going to boom, the stock is going to boom, the country is going to boom.

  • And the rest of the world wants to see is there any way they can make a.

  • But lots of economists, from more liberal ones to more conservative ones,

  • are waving red flags saying the math just doesn't add up.

  • Here's some reaction from CNBC's Jim Cramer on CNN Yesterday the President said, listen.