https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/trump-says-stupidity-causes-inflation-and-threatens-to-stop-trade-with-foreign-countriesContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/trump-says-stupidity-causes-inflation-and-threatens-to-stop-trade-with-foreign-countrieshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/trump-says-stupidity-causes-inflation-and-threatens-to-stop-trade-with-foreign-countries#u59679Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:05:05 +0000President Donald Trump announced he will cease trading with top foreign partners unless the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates. Trump asserted that stupidity causes inflation following a jobs report that raised bets on a rate hike. The threat targets international commerce to pressure central bank policy. Trump previously spent months promising an economic boom, but recent solid jobs figures have complicated his economic narrative. Economists and commentators view the move as an attempt to extort the Federal Reserve into altering monetary policy.Why it mattersThe ultimatum marks an escalati