[T]rump has sent a message to every autocrat on the planet: aggression pays, and Western patience has its limits. History will harshly judge this capitulation dressed as diplomacy.
The elderly president, vengeful and bearing a grudge, is conducting an all-out war against individuals, private and public institutions, cities and against U.S. states.
The to and fro of tariff impositions since the announcement of the falsely labelled 'reciprocal tariffs' on April 2 has created much churn in the markets.