The global turmoil Trump fueled is poised to haunt him as markets fluctuate

[riversedge]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/11/politics/donald-trump-global-economy-macron-may-merkel/index.html


The global turmoil Trump fueled is poised to haunt him as markets fluctuate

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN

Updated 3:32 AM ET, Tue December 11, 2018


Washington (CNN)US President Donald Trump unleashed a wave of global disruption on the way to the White House in 2016 -- and now there are signs the anti-elite tide he surfed to the presidency could come back to hurt him.

Pandemonium in Washington, London, Paris and Berlin is breeding the kind of uncertainty that investors and markets abhor, just at the moment fears are growing of a global economic slowdown and an end to a years-long bull run.


Any sign that the economy is losing steam and that the decade of recovery from the most recent financial crisis is ebbing could come just at the wrong moment for the President, as he and his potential Democratic challengers spoil for battle ahead of his re-election campaign.
Disarray at home and abroad

Stocks plunge on US-China trade tension

Stocks plunge on US-China trade tension 03:32
Political disarray in the US and abroad is already triggering bearish sentiment and volatility that has seen US markets hand back most of their gains this year -- no doubt to the chagrin of Trump who boasted repeatedly that his policies were the reason the Dow racked up a string of record highs.


Trump's truce in a trade war with China also rattled investor confidence since it turned out to be less extensive than the "incredible" breakthrough he touted after talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Argentina................................

[Mike Niendorff]

1. It does beg one particular question:

At times like these, wouldn't it be nice to have full, public disclosure of Trump's assets and investments?

You know, just in case someone questions whether he might be personally profiting off of the wild market swings he now manifestly has a hand in creating?

Just asking (because I seriously can't believe I'm not seeing this question in the financial headlines, 24/7).


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