In the past, every time the market dropped, people would say, “This time is different,” and panic. But eventually, the market recovered and climbed higher.
But this time, what Trump is doing feels like he’s trying to dismantle the entire free trade system itself—and that really frightens me. Many foreign investors believe in the long-term upward trend of the S&P 500 and invest in U.S. stocks with that faith. But now I’m starting to wonder—what if that fundamental assumption no longer holds?
How are people in the U.S. viewing this market downturn?