U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are increasingly clogging up the wheels of a world economy which for decades were greased by predictable and relatively free trade.

President Trump renewed his demand for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates after reports of a shrunken GDP. Yale Law Professor and former counselor to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Natasha Sarin,

President Trump said he won't drop tariffs on China just to start talks, insisting their economy is ‘collapsing’ and ‘factories are closing.’ Speaking from Mar-a-Lago, he claimed China ‘wants to talk,

When the stock market fell Wednesday on news that the American economy had gone backward during the first three months of 2025, Trump knew exactly who to blame: Biden. “This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s ,’’ he posted, adding that Biden “left us with bad numbers, but when the boom begins, it will be like no other. BE PATIENT!!!’’

President Donald Trump said the US economy is a mixture of his enacted policies and the effects of the Biden administration in a wide-ranging interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.”