Why is Donald Trump crashing the US economy? Because he’s high on his own supply of fake news | Jonathan Freedland

Donald Trump is seemingly set on destroying the US economy.

The US stock market fell 10% down from the peak it had reached less than a month earlier .

The talk now is of a recession and you can tell that Trump himself suspects it’s coming.

The source of the trouble is not mysterious. His actions since taking office have spooked investors.

Trump pursuing a course of action that can only damage the country and dent his own standing.

The explanation lies in the way Trump sees the world through a lens clouded by fake news.

Trump is scarcely any better, believing provable nonsense about Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s poll ratings being in the single digits.