On Easter holiday, there was a nationwide anti-Trump demonstration which was said to be the 3rd largest in US history, just after the anti-Vietnam War and human rights of Martin Luther King of 1960s. Sixty years later, it is the historic anti-Trump demonstration across 50 states in about 800 rallies. Participants are hard to calculate since they are scattered over a lot of places, some said that around 5 million, but no independent authorities to confirm it.
Normally when a new president takes office, people are keen to list out his performance in the first 100 days, this time ends up in nationwide demonstration against his policies, mainly on tariff, and then immigration and DEI, lately is his interference in the interest rate of Federal Reserve and wish to fire Chairman Powell.
TikTok shows AI film of Donald Trump waiting anxiously for the phone call of President Xi, but in reality Trump answered back by 3,521% tariff on Cambodia for large amount of TikTok shorts showing imitation products and selling in those countries instead of origin laundering. China assigned a special ambassador for trade talk, but Trump think that it should be done by a summit phone call of supreme leaders for in the 2018 trade talk showed the final decision maker is President Xi no matter who is the representative. People are worrying that the Mar-A-Lago birthday party of Trump and Xi which are on 14th and 15th respectively may not come true.
US stock fell, USD Index fell, bonds fell, Euro, Japanese Yen, Bitcoin gone up, among them, the strongest is spot gold (XAU).
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Daniel Yue has been an active investor since 1980, with experience spanning stocks, currencies, futures, metals, and bonds. A scholar of the Chicago School of Economics, he holds a Certificate with Distinction from Cambridge University and a degree in International Trading from National Taiwan University. He served as Chief Analyst for over 30 years and Chief Mentor at Sincere Finance. In 2017, he received an award from the University of Arizona for financial internship leadership.
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About the Author
Daniel Yue has been an active investor since 1980, with experience spanning stocks, currencies, futures, metals, and bonds. A scholar of the Chicago School of Economics, he holds a Certificate with Distinction from Cambridge University and a degree in International Trading from National Taiwan University. He served as Chief Analyst for over 30 years and Chief Mentor at Sincere Finance. In 2017, he received an award from the University of Arizona for financial internship leadership.
The analysis and opinions expressed in this article are for educational purposes only and do not constitute financial advice. Investing involves risk. Please consult a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions.