Donald Trump is Wall Street’s Frankenstein, and the billionaires have lost control of their creation

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Open this photo in gallery: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, on April 10.Nathan Howard/Reuters Wall Street titans breathed life into the second presidency of Donald Trump by funding his re-election campaign. Now that Mr. Trump is back in the White House, however, America’s most-venerated gods of finance have lost control of their political creation. That billionaire investors were temporarily placated this week by the President’s pivot on his global tariff plan only underscores their waning influence with him and his administration. Sure, Mr. Trump’s 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for all...