.MaddowBlog: As the coronavirus outbreak spread, Trump focuses on the stock market?
. But what struck me as interesting is the fact that Trump wasn't just wrong, he was also confused about what mattered: in his mind, concerns about Wall Street were reason enough to let him get away with an illegal extortion scheme.
Privately, Trump has become furious about the stock market's slide, according to two people familiar with the president's thinking, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal details. While he has spent the past two days traveling in India, Trump has watched the stock market's fall closely and believes extreme warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have spooked investors, the aides said.
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