Markets are going to go up and they’re going to go down but, you know what, we have to rebuild our country," Trump said Tuesday, addressing the recent stock market woes.

Stocks ended lower on Tuesday, extending Monday’s rout, as President Donald Trump doubled down on his trade war with Canada and a warning from Delta Air Lines sent many travel-related stocks tumbling.

The Dow and the benchmark S&P 500 fell in choppy trading on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced fresh tariffs on Canada, adding to investor unease that his trade policies could trigger an economic slowdown.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 890 points Monday as investors worry President Donald Trump’s on-and-off tariff policies could trigger a recession. When markets closed on Monday, the S&P 500 and the Dow both posted their worst day of the year.

Here's what to know about the economic indicators of a recession and how Trump's policies might affect Washington state's economic outlook. The National Bureau of Economic Research defines recession as a "significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and that lasts more than a few months.

Generating ominous headlines about an economic downturn may not seem like a natural path to winning public support for Trump’s “golden age of America.” And it’s left people from Washington to Wall Street wondering what’s really at play.