The Stock Market Is Trump’s Barometer

Washington Post: “In the more than 100 days since President Donald Trump launched a war with Iran, he has offered a shifting list of reasons for why he started the conflict. But in explaining his push for peace, he named a priority much closer to home: protecting the stock market.”

Said Trump: “I didn’t want to see economic catastrophe. If you kept this going, that could have happened, but all I know is every time we talked about the possibility of peace, the stock market shot up like a rocket ship.”

“The remarks provide the starkest example to date of Trump describing Wall Street as the barometer for consequential decisions of his presidency.”