Trump sat down with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo for an extensive interview looking at the more tenuous and turbulent elements of his return to power, particularly his economic policies and the continuing uncertainty around them that led to a massive sell-off in the stock market over the past few weeks.

I hate to predict things like that,” Trump told Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures” when asked if he expected a recession this year. “There is a period of transition,