Economic fears of investors are here — and fed by Trump’s reaction

President Donald Trump makes his way to Marine One at the White House on Friday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) By David J. Lynch and Abha Bhattarai

For months, the U.S. economy appeared to be weathering the disruptive effects of President Donald Trump’s trade and immigration policies.

But over the course of 72 hours, that sunny outlook darkened, as the latest government data this week showed the president’s revolutionary remaking of the world’s largest economy had hit a snag. PAID PROMOTED STORIES