Team Trump trolls stock market investors

Investor disillusionment with President Trump’s economic agenda continues to mount. The surprising message from Trump and his top advisers: Bring it. Two months into Trump’s presidency, stocks are down, and Trump and the investing community are unfriending each other. Wall Street expected the businessman-president to push market-friendly policies and put a floor under asset prices. Instead, Trump has imposed import tariffs more aggressively than anybody expected and dismissed the inevitable adverse reaction in markets. Stock reversals highlight the whiplash. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) index hit a new high on Feb. 19, marking the moment of peak optimism in Trump 2.0….