{"id":337513,"date":"2026-04-24T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-markets-think-trump-always-chickens-out-but-what-if-he-cant\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:00:06","slug":"the-markets-think-trump-always-chickens-out-but-what-if-he-cant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-markets-think-trump-always-chickens-out-but-what-if-he-cant\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe markets think Trump always \u2018chickens out\u2019\u2026 but what if he can\u2019t?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rpIpsQw9gc4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cThe markets think Trump always \u2018chickens out\u2019\u2026 but what if he can\u2019t?\u201d\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rpIpsQw9gc4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe markets think Trump always \u2018chickens out\u2019\u2026 but what if he can\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Economist Ann Pettifor warns that global markets may be dangerously misreading the moment, underestimating the risk that the Iran war continues indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>She says this has happened in the past &#8211; right before the 2008 and dot.com financial crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full episode of The Fourcast Indicators with Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Mark Urban now<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe markets think Trump always \u2018chickens out\u2019\u2026 but what if he can\u2019t?\u201d [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] Economist Ann Pettifor warns that global markets may be dangerously misreading the moment, underestimating the risk that the Iran war continues indefinitely. 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