Trump surfs on wave of tariff unease, just the way he likes it

AnalysisWorldNorth AmericaTrade warsBy Michael KoziolApril 8, 2025 — 11.53am, registeror subscribeto save articles for later.Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Washington: Donald Trump spent the weekend playing golf in Florida. He wore a MAGA cap and even posted clips on social media. Far from hiding from the tariff-prompted market crash, he was projecting nonchalance.Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday (Tuesday AEST), he was equally sanguine. If he was at all worried by the massive stock sell-off and growing drumbeat of opposition on Wall Street, he didn’t let on.And that’s probably because in many respects, Trump has everyone right where he wants them. He says he has world leaders on the phone “dying to make a deal”, and offering to remove long-standing trade barriers, just as he demanded and predicted.The European Union says it has made an offer to cut tariffs on certain goods. Japan and the United State...