POLITICSJun 18 · 10:00 UTCWAPO POLITICSCat Zakrzewski, Michael Birnbaum

How the stock market became Trump’s most favored adviser

Trump has increasingly treated the stock market as a real-time referendum on his presidency, citing market gains as justification for many consequential decisions.

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