Is a Stock Market Crash Imminent Under President Donald Trump? Here's What History Says Could Come Next.

Published September 8, 2026 · Category: Finance

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There are a lot of ways to describe the second Trump administration, but the word "volatile" seems to sum it up quite nicely. Within less than two years, the president has waged a trade war against most U.S. allies, launched a kinetic war in the Middle East, and repeatedly harangued two successive Federal Reserve chairmen to lower interest rates, despite the inflationary effects of his other two policies.

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Amid the chaos, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has continued to chug upward, returning an impressive 33% since Trump's election victory on Nov. 5, 2024. The surging growth in new industries like artificial intelligence (AI) has allowed Wall Street to ignore the increasingly uncertain political situation. Let's dig deeper to find out why a stock market crash could be imminent and decide what investors should do to come out ahead.

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