Monday is not starting quietly. The S&P 500 futures bounced off a critical overnight floor at 6,870 — that's a failed breakdown, one of the cleanest reversal signals in the playbook — and we briefly looked like we'd squeeze higher. Then Trump stepped on the gas at 6:36 AM, threatening "MUCH HIGHER TARIFFS" on any country "playing games," and by 6:50 AM he's declaring he doesn't even need Congress. The Dow responded immediately, dropping 600 points in 30 minutes. Here's the split screen: the stock market is getting hit, but metals are absolutely ripping!!
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