Economy in Crisis: Stocks, Bonds, and Dollar Crash Under Trump’s Tariff Chaos

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DOGE v. US Economy

🔴 UPDATE: April 21, 2025

America just got hit with a triple collapse: stocks, bonds, and the dollar all tanked at once.
This isn’t a normal market dip—it’s a vote of no confidence in the United States. On Monday, investors fled U.S. markets in what analysts are calling the “Sell America” trade. The trigger? Donald Trump’s authoritarian tariffs, his threats to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and an economic policy driven by chaos rather than coherence.

Markets are signaling something loud and clear: investors don’t trust this regime. They don’t trust its stability. And they don’t trust America’s financial future under Trump.

Key Developments:

• All three major U.S. stock indexes crashed Monday: The Dow fell 850 points (–2.17%), the S&P 500 dropped 2.26%, and the Nasdaq cratered 2.67%. Markets have been reeling since Trump unleashed sweeping tariffs on April 2, with tech and consumer sectors leading the outflows.
  Sources: CNN, Business Insider, Reuters

• The U.S. dollar index hit a three-year low, falling 1% as investors lost faith in the dollar’s safe-haven status. Analysts point to Trump’s attacks on the Fed and lack of trade clarity as major drivers of the plunge.
  Sources: CNN, NPR

• Treasury yields surged to 4.37% as bonds were dumped en masse. Bond funds suffered a fifth straight week of outflows, totaling $10 billion last week. Particularly hard-hit were short- and intermediate-term investment-grade funds and general taxable fixed-income funds.
  Sources: Reuters

• Money market funds saw a historic $131.7 billion in outflows the week ending April 16, compounding financial instability as investors struggled to find a safe haven at all.
  Sources: Reuters

• Fed Chair Powell warned that Trump’s tariffs are “unlike anything in modern history” and could push inflation higher and destabilize monetary policy. Trump responded by calling Powell a “major loser” and threatening to fire him—further eroding investor confidence in U.S. financial governance.
  Sources: Business Insider

• Foreign confidence in the U.S. is waning fast. China, which owns over $750 billion in U.S. debt, has signaled it may retaliate economically. Analysts warn that if foreign bondholders begin selling Treasurys, borrowing costs could skyrocket—just as deficits balloon from lost tariff revenues and economic slowdown.
  Sources: NPR

The Real Story: Who Wins and Who Pays the Price?

• The winners: None. Even Wall Street is backing away. Trump’s tariff gamble and assault on Fed independence have sent investors running—not to other U.S. assets, but out of the country altogether.

• The losers: Working Americans. Pensions tied to the stock market are shrinking. Mortgage rates are rising as bond yields spike. And a falling dollar means rising prices on imports—just as inflation comes roaring back.

🔍 Why This Matters:

Trump is dismantling the foundations of the U.S. economy in real time. By turning tariffs into a political weapon and threatening the Fed’s independence, he’s triggered what some analysts are calling a “financial Nixon Shock.” The system that made America an economic superpower—rule of law, stable policy, and investor trust—is being obliterated by a strongman regime with no plan beyond its own survival.

This is no longer about trade. It’s about faith. And the world is starting to lose faith in America.

🚨 The Bottom Line:

Markets don’t lie. The world’s investors are fleeing Trump’s America.
They’re dumping our stocks, our bonds, and our dollar—because they see what’s coming: a government ruled by chaos, a currency losing its standing, and a president who thinks the economy is just another stage for revenge.

This isn’t just a correction. It’s the early warning of collapse.

📌Sources:

• Business Insider: The 'sell America' trade is roaring in markets as Trump butts heads with the Fed

• CNN: US stocks tumble and dollar hits three-year low as Trump continues to bash Fed Chair Powell

• Reuters: US bond funds suffer fifth weekly outflow on tariff-driven inflation fears

• NPR: Sell USA? Why Trump's tariffs may be sparking a historic storm on Wall Street

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