Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Could Shake Markets Here’s What You Need to Know President Trump says April 2nd marks “Liberation Day,” with sweeping new tariffs set to take effect. This video breaks down what these tariffs might look like,

Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, sold Trump Media shares worth between $1 million and $5.5 million on April 2, coinciding with Donald Trump's tariff announcement dubbed 'Liberation Day.' This sale occurred within her ethics agreement window after receiving the shares as compensation for consulting work related to Trump Media's Wall Street debut.

The S&P 500, which plummeted as much as 12% in the days following the "Liberation Day" tariff announcement, is now up over 3% since.

Bankers and CEOs hit the brakes on mergers and acquisitions after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a global trade war on April 2, with fewer deals getting signed than during the bleakest days of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.

It felt much longer, but the U.S. stock market needed just a few weeks to roar all the way back to where it was on President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day.”