Both the world financial system isn’t truly burning, or President Donald Trump simply doesn’t care.
The convicted felon was noticed jetting off to Miami on Thursday as chaos ensued following tariffs he positioned on greater than 180 international locations and territories.
Trump’s public schedule says he’s anticipated to reach on the Trump Nationwide Doral Golf Membership round 5 PM ET for a LIV Golf occasion, at which he’s rumored to seem.
It wouldn’t be exceptional for the president to take a swing through the sport, both. Two years in the past, Trump participated within the LIV Golf pro-am at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership in Washington, D.C.
On Thursday night, Trump is scheduled to attend a LIV-related dinner occasion earlier than flying again to his Mar-a-Lago property for the night time. It’s unclear when he’ll return to the White Home.
All in all, it sounds just like the president goes to have himself a calming Thursday whereas firms and other people throughout the globe scramble to regulate to the sweeping tariffs he put in place Wednesday.
“Trump is hitting the golf course while your retirement savings takes a nose dive,” Home Minority Whip Katherine Clark, a Democrat, posted on X on Thursday.
Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, that are as excessive as 50%, have sparked large blowback from a number of international locations.
“The decision by the U.S. tonight to impose 20% tariffs on imports from across the European Union is deeply regrettable. I strongly believe that tariffs benefit no one,” Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin wrote on Wednesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba additionally denounced Trump’s actions after a 24% tariff was positioned on his nation. He known as the tariffs “extremely regrettable and against our wishes,” including that Japan will “strongly demand a review.”
Regardless of catching hearth from different nations and from these within the U.S. simply making an attempt to save lots of for retirement, Trump appears to be unfazed.
In fact, the president has been {golfing} away since he began his second time period. Even when Trump was lambasting federal staff for working remotely, he nonetheless managed to slot in journeys to his golf golf equipment.
Whereas federal staff are again within the workplace—regardless of not having desks, bathroom paper, and even an workplace in some circumstances—Trump is blowing tens of millions in tax {dollars} to hit the inexperienced. In his first month again in workplace, the president spent an estimated $10.2 million in federal taxpayer {dollars} to fund his pastime. That, in flip, funded his personal companies, given they’re Trump-owned golf programs.
However in the case of tanking the worldwide inventory market—and Individuals’ 401ks—Trump appears to assume there’s nothing to fret about.
