HOT TOPICS | This Is Very, Very Bad: Tariffs, Retaliation, and Recession Fears - April 9th, 2025
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What immediate market reaction did Don Lemon report at the start of the show?
Good morning, everyone. So glad that you could join us this morning. Thank you. Welcome to Hot Topics. 10 a.m. Eastern Time, right here on the Don Lemon Show. Look, what will I tell you? You can go ahead and panic. I think it's okay to go ahead and panic because it is definitely, I believe, panic time. You can worry. I'm watching all the experts who are talking and giving their advice and everything, whatever it is that they are going to do. And they don't even know. So how are we supposed to know if they don't know? They have no idea. Everyone's like, I don't know. I don't know. Markets up, markets down. Markets up, markets down. People just don't know what is happening. Do you? I wish that I honestly, I wish that I could explain it to you in a way that makes sense.
As you guys know, I'm not gonna pretend to be an expert. I can tell you though, as it says, this is very, very bad. As we come to you right now streaming, the market is up barely. It was down significantly futures overnight. And it is up barely. Still have not made back the gains at all. The amount of money that we have lost over the last week or two, week or so. We have not made any of that back. The market was up a little bit yesterday. I think it was about 2% recovery, maybe. And whatever is going to happen today, it believes that it's going to wipe that out. That's bad for you. and me for main street for grandma grandpa everyone alike not good what the hell is going on i don't really know what to tell you i again as i said it's very bad so look i don't want to be a negative nancy or donnie downer but here we are so good morning
If you could say that. Good morning. I look at my dog here. Not a care in the world. Just like ate a couple of hours ago and laid out on the carpet. Like nothing is going on. Like we're not all losing our money. Like we're not headed towards a recession. Now, let me tell you the very truth of it all. We are headed towards a recession. There are folks who believe that we're already in a recession. And some of those people... are some very pragmatic, very level-headed people who you and I and everyone else turns to to try to figure out what's happening. So thank you for joining us. This is Hot Topics, 10 a.m. Hope you have your coffee. Please let me know where you are streaming from this morning, where you are watching us stream.
And let me know how you feel about this. This is what is happening. Let me show you. Let me show you what the president is doing. While Rome is burning, besides golfing. He's not golfing right now, but I wouldn't be surprised if he goes golfing today, okay? But this is what the president is tweeting out right now. He is saying, be cool. Everything is going to work out well. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before, okay? Easy to say, Mr. Billionaire. Easy to say when you, you know, when you got all the money in the world, when the people around you are gassing you up, that's all easy to say. Before we get into it, let me tell you as I always do please you guys know, I hope the membership link is at the top of the chat and also the reminder to please hit the subscribe button if you hit the thumbs up rather and the subscribe button, like and subscribe, membership link at the top of the chat.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What immediate market reaction did Don Lemon report at the start of the show?
0:14–20:10
2
Which new tariffs and retaliations did Don Lemon summarize and when do they take effect?
20:10–31:56
3
Why do economists like Jamie Dimon think a recession is likely?
31:56–49:59
4
What did Scott Bessant say about corporate behavior and capital spending cuts?
49:59–1:15:31
Speakers
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