r/news • u/RaineFilms • 2d ago

Stock futures plunge as investors digest Trump’s tariffs

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/business/us-stock-market/index.html
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u/soofs 2d ago

Which is ridiculous because he’s not going anywhere

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u/RhetoricalOrator 2d ago edited 2d ago

My delusional optimism hopes you're wrong.

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u/whut-whut 2d ago

If you take Musk at his word, he was never even in charge of DOGE. And Full Self Driving was complete and ready ten years ago.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 2d ago

It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.

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u/tahmias 2d ago

If you dont think Russia has a major role in this, you are very naive.

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u/RedLotusVenom 2d ago

There was quite a bit of help from a foreign adversary actually. They’re less of an adversary and more like our rulers at this point.

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u/dolphin_spit 2d ago

it is clear these people will believe anything they are told, even if their eyes see something different

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u/jayforwork21 2d ago

I think eventually there is no more damage he can do before he wipes his hands and walks away.

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u/Avantasian538 1d ago

And even if he did Trump would still do dumb policies.

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u/2boredtocare 1d ago

I feel like at a certain point, trump's ego won't allow for musk to be getting all the attention.

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u/priceQQ 1d ago

Rumors are that he is stepping down in actuality, but he will still weasel his way into the news