It was shaping up to be a solid recovery for U.S. stocks --- until President Trump dropped another tariff threat. U.S. stocks were on pace to erase much of their morning advance in afternoon action as Trump said [he planned to slap 25% tariffs on imports from the European Union.

President Donald Trump is expected to bring in delayed tariffs for goods coming from in Mexico, and Canada. He says they are failing to curb the export of the drug fentanyl. We hear from a former editor of the Washington Post after its current owner Jeff Bezos declares the paper will in future only publish opinion pieces that support personal liberties.

Some trade experts haven’t been won over by the 47th president’s tariff proposals, even as Europe’s big car companies are making shifts to deal with Trump 2.0.