Why Trump wants a weaker dollar

This cut captures the pure mood-swing of the week: the rand briefly dips below R16/$, gold spikes to record highs above $5,500, and then – within days – the whole picture flips again. Gareth frames it as Trump “giving and taking away” in the space of five days, and Francis pins the mechanism: a weaker dollar driven by policy uncertainty.

Watch the full episode here: https://www.enca.com/making-sense-trump-tariffs-and-weak-dollar-twist