Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough marveled at conservative media’s “remarkable” critical coverage of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies that are causing a deepening market sell-off, jeering that he was so “shocked” he “actually turned on CNBC” to get the reaction.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered a steep decline on Monday, plunging over a thousand points before closing down 890, as investor anxiety mounted over Trump’s refusal to dismiss the possibility of an impending recession during the weekend. Market turbulence carried into Tuesday, with the selloff intensifying as the president escalated his ongoing trade confrontation with Canada.
The volatile downturn signaled deepening concerns on Wall Street about the broader economic impact of Trump’s unpredictable rhetoric and policy maneuvers.
After opening Wednesday’s show with a clip of Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy challenging the White House’s actions, where he said had “throttled” the retirement accounts of working Americans, Scarborough profiled how conservative media …