Trump and the Stock Market, Again
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One of the most crucial tasks of a news organization in the Trump era is explaining what's unusual and what's not unusual. The New York Times has a major fail on that front in today's paper, with a news article by Michael Tackett. It begins:

WASHINGTON — President Trump has broken with many of the norms set by his predecessors, but in few ways has this been clearer than his cheerleading about the roaring stock market.

He is the unapologetic First Bull.

He has crowed about the stock market at least once a week for the past two months. In two Twitter messages early Tuesday morning, the president cited a 5,000-point rise in the Dow Jones industrial average this year, and then said the market had more room to roar once the impact of tax legislation he is expected to sign this week becomes law.

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Trump and the Stock Market, Again
smartertimes.com

One of the most crucial tasks of a news organization in the Trump era is explaining what's unusual and what's not unusual. The New York Times has a major fail on that front in today's paper, with a news article by Michael Tackett. It begins:

WASHINGTON — President Trump has broken with many of the norms set by his predecessors, but in few ways has this been clearer than his cheerleading about the roaring stock market.

He is the unapologetic First Bull.

He has crowed about the stock market at least once a week for the past two months. In two Twitter messages early Tuesday morning, the president cited a 5,000-point rise in the Dow Jones industrial average this year, and then said the market had more room to roar once the impact of tax legislation he is expected to sign this week becomes law.

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