Why did Trump suddenly decide to delay the new tariffs? There are two main takes on this:
First, Trump himself admitted he was watching the U.S. bond market last night. Seems like he cares more about bonds than stocks. With Treasury bonds getting dumped and yields spiking, he might’ve hit the brakes to avoid triggering more market panic.
Second, things are reportedly messy inside his own team. Word is, even big names like Elon Musk called out the tariff plan, straight-up calling one of Trump’s top economic advisors an “idiot.” So yeah, not exactly unified support there.
At the end of the day, you could argue the biggest winner from all these Trump-era moves is… Trump himself. First he pushes some “air coin,” then uses the info gap to short the market, then flips long. It’s like he’s playing 4D chess—and cashing in big while doing it.