The political peril of taking credit for a booming stock market
As the stock market dropped sharply on Monday, President Trump was in Ohio to make his case for the Republican tax plan. How does the current economy affect politics? What are the dangers for...
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JOHN YANG: But first: As the stock market dropped sharply this afternoon, President Trump was in Ohio to make his case for the Republican tax plan. To talk about the political fallout of the current economic landscape, it's our Politics Monday team, Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR. Tam, let me start with you. You recently, before the State of the Union, dissected Donald Trump's speeches. He likes to talk about the stock market when it was going up, but today he had the very awkward situation of being live in Cincinnati, giving a speech, with the box in the corner on cable television showing the Dow dropping, dropping, dropping. Is he at risk here? TAMARA KEITH, National Public Radio: Yes, until the cable networks cu...
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JOHN YANG: But first: As the stock market dropped sharply this afternoon, President Trump was in Ohio to make his case for the Republican tax plan. To talk about the political fallout of the current economic landscape, it's our Politics Monday team, Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR. Tam, let me start with you. You recently, before the State of the Union, dissected Donald Trump's speeches. He likes to talk about the stock market when it was going up, but today he had the very awkward situation of being live in Cincinnati, giving a speech, with the box in the corner on cable television showing the Dow dropping, dropping, dropping. Is he at risk here? TAMARA KEITH, National Public Radio: Yes, until the cable networks cu...
