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How ‘fake news’ added — and then wiped — $4 trillion from the stock market in minutes

Unsourced claim that Donald Trump was considering 90-day pause on sweeping tariffs caused momentary chaos

Wall Street was braced for chaos when the US markets opened for trading on Monday, but no one could have anticipated the $4 trillion meltdown that ensued.

An unsourced claim that Donald Trump was mulling a 90-day pause on the sweeping tariffs he imposed on virtually all of America’s trading partners sent stocks flying upwards before plummeting back down at breakneck speed.

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