'No plan': Trump slammed over 'lurching' strategy that left markets in tailspin

One week after “Liberation Day” and just hours after his latest wave of global tariffs took effect, President Donald Trump announced what appears to be a temporary “pause” on some of his market-roiling measures — prompting a dramatic surge in the stock market and leaving investors and political observers alike gleeful yet puzzled.

Trump appears to have increased the tariffs on China, his number one target, while pausing tariffs on some countries, possibly those who have not “retaliated,”...