Ed Luce, Associate Editor of the Financial Times, said he expects other countries to slap tariffs on Tesla: “It’s low-hanging fruit,” he said on MSNBC on Thursday. Wall Street’s sell-off hit a new low Thursday after Trump’s escalating trade war dragged the S&P 500 more than 10% below its record, which was set just last month.

President Donald Trump threatened the European Union Thursday with a retaliatory 200% tariff on all the alcoholic products it exports to the United States.

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose a massive tariff on European alcohol in response to the European Union’s retaliation against his steel and aluminum tariffs – a tit-for-tat escalation of a trade war that could easily get out of hand.

One of the biggest questions surrounding Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s partnership is whether it will last. One of the president’s former, short-lived advisers has a clue.

Mr. Musk is fundamentally a creature of Silicon Valley, a scene that initiated an entire revolution in power dressing. The young masters of that universe dressed down to show that they were members of a new elite — one that refused to dress like the grown-ups they were about to topple. It was the defeat of the suit by the T-shirt.

The head of President Donald Trump’s government efficiency effort, Elon Musk, is emerging as a messaging punching bag for Democrats as they pick up the pieces of their stinging defeat in last year’s elections and search for a winning message for 2026.

Republican lawmakers are signaling that they aren't above using federal law enforcement to protect Elon Musk's interests.

Democratic U.S. representative John Larson criticized Elon Musk on Wednesday (March 12) for failing to appear before a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee, shouting at his Republican colleagues for blocking Musk's testimony.